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Is time created?

שו”תCategory: philosophyIs time created?
asked 9 years ago

peace!
I wanted to know if time was created?
I heard that Einstein’s theory of relativity proves or provides support that time is created, is that true?
Did the Rabbi write about this matter anywhere?
Where can I read about it?


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מיכי Staff answered 9 years ago
Hello. I haven’t written about it. But I’m dealing with the topic of time in the current series of Petah Tikva lessons. There are recordings on the site. I don’t think that the theory of relativity supports or refutes the claim that time exists. If anything, then the opposite is true (since in its framework space and time are frame-dependent).  

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שמואל replied 9 years ago

Thank you.

What does the Rabbi mean by the lecture series “Time in Halacha”?

מיכי Staff replied 9 years ago

Apparently so (I didn't see what they called it here).

שמואל replied 9 years ago

Last Saturday I actually heard a lecture from Professor Moshe Kava who said emphatically that 'time' as we know it now (following Einstein etc.) proves that it was created and did not always exist.

There he attacked (his friend) Hawking for what he wrote in 'A Brief History of Time'.

The truth is that I think he had a few philosophical holes in his lecture. In general, he gave me the impression that he was very weak in the philosophical field of science.

שמואל replied 9 years ago

And see also here – http://forum.otzar.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=31493#p334567

מיכי Staff replied 9 years ago

If he said that, I disagree with him. Since he was my PhD supervisor, and indeed not every successful physicist is a successful philosopher. Hawking is another excellent example of this unfortunate fact.

שמואל replied 9 years ago

Can the Rabbi write here in the Chamber the reasons why, according to science, there is a tendency to say that time was not created?

מיכי Staff replied 9 years ago

I wrote. According to the theory of relativity, time depends on the reference frame, which means it is subjective. As mentioned, the world has its share, and in my opinion, science has nothing to say on this issue.

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