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The first question this evening um is uh was phrased like this. You have the the Torah which has seemingly the uh the the the world was created 5,780 years ago. And you have modern science which says the universe came about billions of years ago. So, the question is So, the question is really those how do they how do you put the two together? Doesn't make We Can we Do we just brush aside modern science and say, "No, this is what the Torah says." Or is there a deeper understanding behind this? Think um we're going to go with Rabbi Yochanan. Go ahead first, please. If you'd like to address this. Thank you. So, good evening everyone. Welcome. Uh it's uh it's a fundamental question, a question that many people ask. The Torah says from the beginning The Torah says from the beginning that it was uh the world was created 6 days. And when did it happen? It It uh it it happened 5,000 uh 780 years ago. Whereas modern science says that the world was created 14 billion years ago. How can you uh put together these two numbers? 5,780 put together these two numbers? 5,780 years versus 14 billion years seems like a big difference. So, um first of all, the the the simplest answer and something that you you must know to begin with is that when we say that the the we are in 5,780th year is not from the moment of creation, but rather from when Adam Harishon, the first man was
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