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Astrophysicist, Dr. Jeremy Schnittman, discusses how studying astronomy can be a spiritual experience and explains the astoundingly accurate calculations that the Sages used for determining the appearance of the new moon.

Astronomy and Torah

Calculating the Lunar Cycle

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By Jeremy Schnittman
Dr. Jeremy Schnittman is an astrophysicist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University.
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December 29, 2011
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the math and science we see today are thousands of years old and originate from the first true egyptians
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