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My name is Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss. My goal as a Torah educator is not merely to teach my students my OWN hashkafah. Rather, my goal is to equip them with the foundations, the methodological training, and the tools which will enable them to arrive at their OWN understanding of Judaism and cultivate their OWN relationship with Hashem and His Torah. This podcast is devoted to the shiurim I give which are geared specifically towards that end. As such, the range of topics covered here will be diverse. There will be shiurim on Jewish philosophy, Chumash methodology, aggadic midrashim, maybe even some non-Jewish philosophy as well. Merriam-Webster defines "laboratory" as a place providing opportunity for experimentation, observation, or practice in a field of study. I call this podcast "Machshavah Lab" because this is where we will conduct Torah "experiments" by exploring questions, texts, and ideas in an effort to develop our machshavah in a "hands on," exploratory, firsthand manner.

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The Mabul vs. Science (Lomdeha) + Follow-up Discussion

October 23, 2020 • Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss

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In today's Lomdeha Seminar shiur (10/23/20) we addressed what some might consider to be a controversial topic: the questions and problems raised by science against the narrative of The Flood in Parashas Noach. We began with an overview of four major problems. After briefly outlining three possible approaches to addressing these problems, we learned (what I currently consider to be) the ONLY viable solution that answers all of the questions in a manner which is consistent with our general approach to learning Torah and is both intellectually honest and intellectually satisfying. We concluded by identifying three categories of questions which remain to be answered.
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מקורות:
בראשית פרקים ו-י
רמב"ן – בראשית ו:יז
סעדיה גאון – אמונות ודעות ז:ב
תלמוד בבלי מסכת תמיד דף כט עמוד א
בתורתו של רב גדליה – בראשית פרקים ו-ז

Additional Sources:
When to Take Pesukim Non-literally
A Visual Representation of Science and Torah
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