When Science and Torah Clash 8: Spontaneous Generation

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February 15 2017
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1h 3min 35s
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Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

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Emunah,  Science & Medicine 

Collections: R' Torczyner When Science and Torah Clash

References: Shabbat: 107b ,  Chullin: 67a ,  Shabbat: 12a ,  Chullin: 63b ,  Pesachim: 94b  

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Concluding the series. The Sages appear to have believed in spontaneous generation, and certain halachos appear to rest on the assumption that there is spontaneous generation, but Louis Pasteur appears to have proved that there is no such thing. Could the Sages be wrong? And should the halachah change?

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