Torah & Science

In the debate about science and religion, there are radical camps on both sides. However, various Jewish approaches, suggest Professor Cantor, have historically transcended both extremes.

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.

The limits of science in understanding the nature and purpose of our existence.

In contrast to newfangled, secular accounts of how the Torah came to be, Jewish tradition has its own thorough account of how the Torah was recorded and transmitted.

Quantum physics changed the classic conception of the Newtonian "clockwork universe." This first class in a series introduces the idea of scale and relates it to the most basic of all Kabbalistic models, the four letters of the Divine name.

A survey of four major theories that adopt different mathematical strategies for tackling the problems of the Quantum world. Each of these (Wave Mechanics, Matrix Mechanics, Transformation Theory and Sum Over Histories) is presented with a possible ...

If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to observe it, does it still make a sound? What is the nature of observation and measurement? Do we participate in the creation of reality? In this episode, we entertain this line of questioning and see ...

There are six major interpretations of Quantum reality. Of these, the first and most famous is the Copenhagen interpretation which suggests that there is no independent qualities of things and that “consciousness creates reality.”

The kabbalistic dimension of Malchut refers to our ability to exercise a kind of self-mastery over reality. In the Zohar we learn that this dimension expresses an a-causal dreamscape world, wherein language engenders and defines objects and experiences.