Rabbi Binyamin Yuhanan - Torah & Science

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Binyamin Yuhanan’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

People often ask me, "Rabbi, I would like to learn Torah, but what about science? I'm an intelligent person and I know that certain things in Torah are in conflict with science. Many people assume that science contradicts the Torah and that being a rabbi and a scientist is mutually exclusive. And what stops such people on their way to Judaism is their limited scientific knowledge and even more limited understanding of Torah. Being a rabbi for many years and with my background in for many years and with my background in science with a degree in physics from Drexel University, I have explored both Torah and science in depth. Now, I'm in a unique position to take you on a guided tour where we will examine how the universe began, was there a designed creation, what will happen at the end, and is a higher intelligent being still involved in our world. Find out how science, far from disproving Torah, is actually supporting its every claim. Welcome everyone. It is difficult to speak now. We've been thinking so much about what's going on. We're worried. What's going to be with us? What's going to be with our families? Very difficult to concentrate on anything else besides the virus. But, let's try to distract ourselves and um think about more pleasant things. And something that is useful, something that is important because a lot of our Torah commitment depends on this. How do we understand the Torah properly? How do we understand the relationship between the Torah and science. How do I understand our perspective? Is there a problem between what the Torah says

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1. 0:00People often ask me, "Rabbi, I would like to learn Torah, but what about science? I'm…
2. 6:18The Greeks introduced the the idea of philosophy and the idea that there is nothing in…
3. 12:32universe is eternal and thinking that they never have to consider religion, all of a sudden…
4. 18:45speed, the time slowed down as well. And therefore, you had a combination of two two…
5. 24:57for a long time. And we came up with two answers. The same question bothered us.…
6. 31:13objection to Torah? We know the Torah says, "Bereshit bara Elohim." Elohim means God almighty. And…
7. 37:30decades. And the the results shocked them once more. What did they find? Amazing thing they…
8. 43:36universe, is still supplying the universe with with the energy necessary to increase the the velocity…
9. 50:00Sounds good. Sounds interesting and sounds logical. Yes. Through random mutation simple molecule evolved into a…
10. 56:07And every living being The question is where did this instinct to survive come from? Who…

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