About two years ago I received an interesting appeal, which swept me on a fascinating journey towards the discovery of divinity among world scientists.
I was approached by a Jewish scientist who was given a rare three-day window of opportunity, between Friday and Sunday, to conduct research at the world's largest particle research center, the CERN Laboratory (European Council for Nuclear Research).
The institute is located on the Swiss-French border, west of the city of Geneva and operates a complex of particle accelerators.
The LHC accelerator, built in a ring tunnel north of the "axle" is the largest accelerator in the world, both in terms of length, both in terms of construction cost and in terms of the energy that the accelerated particles reach.
The accelerator makes it possible to carry out scientific studies that simulate a loud explosion when light beams are sent from both sides of the system (27 kilometers!).
The world of science has been searching for years for the smallest particle created for a few moments from the explosion, and attributed to this particle (the smallest particle in the world so far) fundamental properties of the world's infrastructure.
The first question of that Jew was how he should deal with the issue of Shabbat, when he works in partnership with interrogators who are not members of the Jewish people and are not bound by the mitzvos.
The man feared that even if they worked alone on Shabbat, and carried out the operation of the systems, he, as a religious Jew, would 'benefit' directly from the act of Shabbat and the results of the research - and perhaps this would be considered as desecrating the Shabbat itself.
The Jewish dilemmas of renowned scholars, both in the fields of halakhah and in the fields of morality and ethics, excite me time and time again.
The world is full of researchers, engineers, doctors and more, but our attempt to instill in our actions our values and heritage makes these pursuits unique.
The same Jewish scholar told me that this sharpens in us the recognition of our destiny and mission, as we read every Shabbat in prayer and sanctification:
We received the Shabbat and the rest of the mitzvos as a gift and their assimilation into daily life brings a different touch to our world.
The Babylonian Talmud in Tractate Pesachim tells of Rabbi Yosef, who used to make a special meal on Shavuot with fine meat and good wine.
When asked about this he replied that he was celebrating the special day (Hag Matan Torah) that made him special and different.
The market is flooded with people named Joseph, he said, but Joseph like him who is crowned with a Torah crown and a commitment to God’s commandments is not much.
The particle accelerator in the axle, Photo: AFP
And back to the same scientific opportunity: In light of the researcher's question, we performed thought processes and adapted a response to "customer needs", and after analyzing the work processes in the research laboratory, we proposed a solution that included adjusting a different schedule and meeting halakhic challenges.
As soon as I provided my answer, he answered the question, like any good Jew: "But what about the very work of a research institute that is supposedly trying to prove the creation of the world by God?", The researcher asked me curiously. How Judaism deals with such complex issues was fascinating to them.
I found the answer to his question precisely in a conversation I had with a senior professor in the field of Indian descent who was one of the leaders in research in the laboratory.
"Rabbi," she doubtless asked, rebuked me, "Do you think the research answers will change the act of divine creation?", She asked.
"I will tell you a secret," she added, "the world of research understands its limits within itself. It is not for nothing that the scientific world gave the tiny particle, which was found in the research laboratory several years ago the name 'Divine Particle'. I believe in Gd who created the world."
She added with a smile.
"In research I try to understand what the physical model was based on to create his world."
Particle Accelerator, Photo: EPA
Scientists in Captain,
In everything we explore in nature we will reach the element, but the very finding of the element does not contravene the laws of divine creation because in the six days of creation the world was created in its entirety.
Believers believe that although the tree originated in its seeds, the understanding is that in the six days of creation the tree was created in its entirety on its branches on it and its seeds.
The Book of Zohar (KJV, KJV, A), which is attributed to the writings of R. Shimon Bar Yochai, explains that in the six hundred years of the sixth millennium (according to the Hebrew date - today we count 5782 for the creation of the world) the gates of wisdom will open up (attribute this For the discovery of the Kabbalah and Hasidic teachings - the inner Torah (and the springs of wisdom below (development of science and worldly wisdom) and the world will enter the seventh millennium revised and more complete.
The reality of the world today depends on two things - quality and quantity: that is, matter that carries the power and the very power of the element.
The Rebbe of Lubavitch once explained that the goal of scientists in many studies is to find the unified between different phenomena in nature and in life.
Albert Einstein's great achievement, for example, was in being able to find the connection between energy and matter.
As you delve deeper into the world of science, a connection between one thing and another is revealed, and a permanent and binding connection and legality is revealed.
In the eyes of the believing Jew, this fact strengthens the belief in clear definitions defined in the creation of the world as stated in Maimonides' books in Teacher Embarrassed and in other Jewish sources that all creatures have a common, unifying and fundamental point - as part of the laws and rules of nature. In the world a system of precise laws and rules is fixed and cyclical that is based on animals, plants and the entire universe and it is permissible and even good to learn and explore the spiritual and scientific secrets of the world.
Rabbi Shraga Natan Dahan is an officer in the Res. He has a master's degree in management and technology and is certified as a rabbi and judge. Serves as a consultant and lecturer in public, security, educational and scientific bodies on issues of halakhah, technology, medicine, science and space.
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