Q&A: Yekum Purkan or a Parallel Universe
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Yekum Purkan or a Parallel Universe
Question
A question for the scientist (or someone versed in the sciences) Michi Abraham, not for Rabbi Michi Abraham.
Are there parallel universes to ours?
A doubt?
Definitely yes?
Definitely no?
And now a question for Rabbi Michi Abraham.
Does Judaism have anything to say on the subject?
(I have a practical implication, because things aren’t going so well for me here; maybe over there someday, if there is an over there, I’ll succeed? In the spirit of “change your place, change your luck.”)
Answer
A doubt.
No.
Rabbi Yosi bar Simon said: It does not say here, “let it be evening,” but rather, “and it was evening” — from here we learn that there was an order of times beforehand.
Rabbi Abbahu said: This teaches that He would create worlds and destroy them, until He created these. He said: These please Me; those did not please Me.
Rabbi Pinchas said: Rabbi Abbahu’s reason is the verse, “And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good” — these please Me; those did not please Me.
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