Science and Torah
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Blood and Organ Donation
Can Jews donate blood? Or would this be a no as it might be viewed along the similar line of an Orthodox Jew donating an organ? According to my teacher, organ donations are not permitted because the way G-d made…
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Stem Cell Research
What is the Jewish view of Stem Cell research? The following article from our other site addresses the issues. Judaism and Stem Cell Research by Dr. Yoel Jakobovits With one spectacular development tumbling over the next in ever more rapid…
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Adam, Noah, and New Species
In Gen 2:18-20 it talks of G_d bringing all the animals to Adam to name. In the story of Noah’s ark it says that all the animals came in pairs (except the clean animals for eating). With all of the…
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How long were the six days of creation?
The Book Of Genesis says that G-D created the world in 6 days. Does that literally mean 6 days on Earth? 6 days on Jupiter is much longer than on earth so did the 6 days actually mean a long…
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Origin of Races
How can there be different races if there is one anscestor Adam? When and how did it start? How developed were people in the early history and doesn’t that contradict the theory of prehistoric primitive man in all senses? Maybe…
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Global Warming
Is there an offical stand on global warming in the jewish faith? No, not per se. We do have official stands on ecology in general; the general principle is that we are commanded to be good custodians of the earth.…
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Cloning I
Is cloning moral, allowed, and/or disallowed by the terms of Judaism? Great question! Only I’m afraid I may not have a great (or at least a full) answer. The truth is we don’t know today whether the cloning of people…
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The World Before This One
Was there any other world before this world was created? Is it possible that all the good people in that world have taken rebirth in this present world? Maybe the wicked people of that previous world are being born as…
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Torah and the Science of the Universe
I was pondering the other the day about the universe. It suddenly occured to me that my belief system might be in conflict with scientific knowledge. Please read The Science of God by Gerald Shroeder, Ph.D. You will love it!…