Light – AstroRav: Torah & Astronomy

Yotzer Or: The Astronomers’ Blessing 2

The blessing Yotzer Or, “Who creates light”, said daily before reading the Shema in the morning, is full of astronomical ideas to enhance kavana…

A talmudic mnemonic on tzitzit and tekhelet relates to modern science…

There are differences between the texts of the Ten Commandments that seem analogous to a the Wave-Particle Duality, a principle of quantum physics…

“A star shall come forth from Jacob”. Let the meaning hidden in this verse shine forth better with modern astronomy…

The light of the Menorah is a symbol, but of what? There are surprising similarities to… a rainbow…?

The morning blessing Yotzer Or, “Who creates light”: “The Astronomers’ Blessing”. It focuses on things near and dear to astronomers, light and more…