Generation after generation, many people kept asking about the current, seemingly contradiction between the Jewish faith, the Torah and science. Often found scientific facts that would seem to contradict the assertions written and oral Torah. Over the centuries, the great Jewish sages engaged in this crucial problem. Even in the Talmud, there are places where the topic is raised. In the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, who was a great Torah scholar and at the same time had a deep knowledge in the natural sciences, this issue comes up quite often, so that in his writings can be traced to a new approach to the problem. This book includes most of the letters and conversations Rabbi regarding the relationship between faith and science. In an appendix to the book added to the collection of articles on the topic, written by prominent scientists.
Table of Contents
Introduction .................. 25 On the scientific competence of the Lubavitcher Rebbe .... 37 What is at rest and that moves ......... 39 Refuting Evolution ..... 41 On the eternal truth and hypotheses ....... 48 On the contradictions between science and Torah ....... 52 The answer skeptics ........ 65 Serve Gd, undeterred ridicule .... 75 Immutability of the Torah truths ........ 84 About pseudoscientific scientific concepts ...... 88 On the facts and hypotheses .... 101 About physics, metaphysics and extraterrestrial civilizations .. 109 About Computers and lunar eclipses .... 121 The Lubavitcher Rebbe and Science ...... 131 JEW AND MODERN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ... 132 TENSIONS BETWEEN SCIENCE AND RELIGION - Do They Exist? ... 137 In our era, SCIENCE AND CLOSER TO TRUTH OF TORAH .... 142 TORA - SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE ..... 145 FAITH AND SCIENCE ....... 147 SEARCHING FOR YOURSELF ......... 154 Creation, not evolution ...... 164