B'Reisheet

Below are three quotations from three different sources.  Please read them and think about them.

• Which is true - the first or the second?
• Is it possible for both to be true?
• What do you think Mr. Ferris mean when he says we should stop setting them up on blind dates

In the Torah, the first passook [verse] of the first parasha [weekly portion] we read:

א  בְּרֵאשִׁית, בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים, אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם, וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ.

1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

In The Grand Design, a new best-selling book by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow,  we read:

...creation does not require the intervention of some supernatural being or god.  Rather, these multiple universes arise naturally from physical law'

In The Whole Shebang, Timothy Ferris writes:

Religious systems are inherently conservative, science inherently progressive.  [Religion and science don't have to be hostile to each other, but we can stop setting them up on blind dates.] This may be an instance where good walls make good neighbors.

What do these three quotations mean to you?

What do you think?

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Sukkot - Design Your Own

Whether or not you build a sukkah in your own home, you can use your imagination to design one if you follow the rules here:

Sukkah City, The Contest

You can also see what some other people have designed here at the website:

Sukkah City

What will your sukkah look like?

• Will it be made of an elephant?  A whale?
• Will it be on a wagon?  A boat?  A camel?
• How many walls will it have?
• What will they be made of?
• Why would someone want to design a sukkah?

What do you think?

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