Stories & Parables

Torah and science -- do they contradict or complement each other? A selection of stories and parables that illuminate this issue.

Stories from Professor Greene

By Velvl Greene

What Happens When a Plant Grows in Orbit

Perspective

The Rebbe Encouraged Looking for Life on Mars

Jewish Education and Space Flight

What Is Life Anyway?

The Problems of Intergalactic Travel and Jewish Continuity

A Matter of Importance

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The Astronaut

Told by the Lubavitcher Rebbe

"Yesterday, an event took place that had no known precedent in human history: a manned spacecraft approached the moon, orbited it several times, and returned safely to earth. What can we, as Jews, learn from this event?"

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The Rebbe’s Job

By Yanki Tauber

“I concluded my letter,” Dr. Greene recalls, “by saying that the Rebbe had best stick to his field of expertise, Torah, and leave science to scientists . . .”

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A Tanya for Professor Wheeler

By Arnie Gotfryd

The universe, in the words of some who would speak for it, says, "I am a giant machine. I supply the space and time for your existence. You are an unimportant bit of matter located in an unimportant galaxy." How shall we reply?

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The Cat

A Parable

By Yanki Tauber

Everyone has a right to an opinion. It is inevitable, however, that certain opinions will carry more weight than others.

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