Relativity, quantum mechanics, and the act of creation
In honor of Rabbi Michael Avraham Shlita
Peace and blessings
I would be very grateful to the rabbi if he could review the matters and check their accuracy.
I have no affiliation with physics at all, but when I studied the book Nachaliel by Dr. Yitzhak Breuer, zt”l
I became interested in the concept of time, and became aware of the contradiction between quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity.
And what the book Nachaliel has to say on the matter.
That was eight years ago, but when I saw people wondering a little about me…
I speak on these topics as if I have an understanding of them, I let things go.
Dr. Yehonatan Bantovits recently rented a unit in my building and stayed with me on Shabbat.
His main focus was on neuroscience, and he invented a treatment for Alzheimer’s and depression.
He also wrote a theory to try to resolve this contradiction, which was published and is being discussed in scientific forums.
And I heard from him again about the problem and how he was trying to solve it.
And in my humble opinion, according to the book by Dr. Yitzhak Breuer, there is a clear way to resolve the matter.
And there is also very interesting evidence for this from the Gemara.
I was in contact with the rabbi about eight years ago, and I don’t think there are many other people like the rabbi who can examine this.
And therefore I would be very grateful to the rabbi if he would find the time to examine this.
I was in contact with the rabbi about this matter years ago, but I was very unclear and incomprehensible, and I didn’t know how to explain things like I do now.
I wrote these things to show it to Dr. Jonathan Bentovitz, and I left it that way.
With great respect and appreciation
In the SD
Good morning, Jonathan.
The truth is, it’s very strange that I’m expressing my opinion on the subject of quantum mechanics and relativity…
But still.
The basis for these things is written and comes from the books of Dr. Yitzhak Breuer. Nahaliel, Moriah, The New Kozari, Darachi and more.
Although he was one of the giants of Jewish thought, his books were not well-known.
The basis of things is based on the old division between matter and form.
Quantum – Particle theory is concerned with matter created out of nothing, and relativity is concerned with the form that the Creator gave to the matter He created. Hence their different behavior.
And explain things.
The first verse in the Torah deals with the material world, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” The term “created” indicates the coming into being from nothing.
And what is the essence of that matter that was created, this is what the second verse deals with, “And the earth was a void.” The Torah describes to us that matter that came out of nothing “as a void.”
We mean the same matter that we know exists, for it was created and exists and came out of nothing. But what it is in itself we have no understanding of at all, for it is not given law and order, “chaos and chaos.” And the same matter that was created from nothing and remains so even after its creation, functions within a temporary system of past, present, and future. And as the Torah says about it, and the earth “was,” immediately upon its creation, it returned to nothing and returned to being, and this is the behavior of particles.
Matter that constantly comes out of nowhere, and behaves without law and order, and remains that way forever, chaos and anarchy.
And after the “chaos” of matter, verse 3 states, “And God said, Let there be light; and there was light.” Explanation: After the creation of matter without a perceptible form, God said that matter should be clothed in a perceptible and orderly form, and in this form it would be revealed to all, and so it was, “And there was light.” God clothed matter with light, and in this form it took on the form of law and order.
And indeed, matter in itself remains from nothing without order and perception, but matter does not appear to our eyes as it is in itself, but rather in the garments of light that God created for it.
And seemingly, the theory of relativity with all its details are the light garments of matter. Indeed, the form of the world that we perceive is the theory of relativity with all its laws. And through it we understand all the movement of the world, heaven, earth, and stars, and all of physics conforms to the laws of relativity, to the point of being able to produce atomic bombs that can dismantle the world.
The central law in the theory of relativity is the constant speed of light. And if we nevertheless try to exceed the speed of light, such as by means of powerful missiles, as soon as we reach the speed of light, the speed will stop and the excess energy of the speed will become a burden and the appearance of the object will increase for us as the energy increases, but the speed of the object will continue to be constant. That is, because light has a constant speed, and light is what gives form to matter to behave according to the theory of relativity, therefore it is not possible to exceed the speed of light that gives its form, but the excess energy of the speed will increase the atoms of the object and the object will grow to our eyes, but the speed will not exceed, because nothing can overtake its own speed.
(This is a relic, and it may be possible to explain this by saying that the limited speed actually stems from the limitations of matter and not from the limitations of light).
available:
A. That the garments of light, on the one hand, cover and hide matter – chaos alone. On the other hand, they reveal the wonderful creation of the world, and we see matter clothed in the garments of light with law and order.
B. On the one hand, the basic matter of the world is created every moment anew, out of nothing, from absolute nothingness, and is perceived as chaos.
And on the other hand, it is clothed in an eternal garment of light, and is revealed as the theory of relativity.
C. If we examine the world from the side of the garments – from the side of light, we will not discover a trace of creation from nothing, but only the theory of relativity with all its laws. Indeed, it is not from nothing, but an eternal garment that does not cease from God, blessed be He, to the matter He created. And if we succeed in penetrating through the garments of light, into the depths of the matter itself that came out of nothing, of course we will not succeed in discovering matter behaving according to order and laws, but we may succeed in seeing the very phenomenon of being from nothing, seeing how a particular particle appears and disappears without law and order. In contrast to light, whose sole concern is to give order to form and perception, they are in a state of complete lawlessness and are essentially being from nothing.
And apparently this is what happened with the phenomenon of quantum mechanics, which managed to penetrate beyond the form of light – beyond the theory of relativity, into matter itself even before it takes shape, and indeed discovered it without any structure or order.
D. That is, the world before us is dualistic. The world of creation – chaos and confusion. And the world of nature – and there was light.
Ostensibly, according to these things, the words of the Sages that God “surrounds all the worlds and fills all the worlds” are interpreted as follows: God’s relationship to the matter created from nothing is “surrounds all the worlds,” since matter itself is from nothing, and not from the Creator, blessed be He. And after the thing was created from nothing, God gave matter the form of light, “and there was light,” and this “fills all the worlds.” Light does not exist from nothing, but rather the Creator, blessed be He, clothes the matter He created, with the law of relativity with all its laws.
And we must look at the act of translating the Septuagint of the Torah, which is presented in Tractate Megillah 9.
There is an incident in King Ptolemy’s book where he gathered seventy-two elders and placed them in seventy-two houses, but he did not reveal to them why he had gathered them. He entered each one and said to them, “Write for me the Torah of Moses, your master. God, blessed be He, gave each one advice in his heart, and they all agreed to know one thing. They wrote to him, “God created in the beginning, I will make man in my image and likeness, and he will finish on the sixth day and rest on the seventh day, etc.”
(The Gemara there continues and cites other things that were changed in the Torah)
And those same changes that we have brought here, which are changes in the language of the Torah in the act of Genesis, changed the perception of the world from a dual world of creation and form to a one-dimensional world. Thus, the Greeks dropped the entire perception in the act of Genesis, as Dr. Yitzhak Breuer explains. And as the contradiction between the theory of relativity and the research and the Kantians is settled.
If these things are true, let us examine whether these things indeed have an interest in remaining hidden. That is, in that the Sages changed the text of the Torah, they revealed that they wanted these things to remain hidden and not be revealed to everyone.
Rabbi Breuer’s words explaining the story of Genesis were written down in only a very small part, due to their length, but everything is based on his words.
Hello.
I will start with a general comment:
To explain the contradiction between the theory of relativity and quantum theory, one must understand this contradiction. And to understand it, one must understand these two theories themselves. I suspect that neither Rabbi Breuer nor you really understand them. This requires a profound knowledge of physics, and I don’t know if you have such knowledge (I, for example, don’t). To the best of my knowledge, in Rabbi Breuer’s time, the problem did not exist at all (since both theories were still new and they did not yet know that it was difficult to build a unified theory).
By the way, as far as I know, there is no contradiction between the two, but so far they have not succeeded in building a single unified theory that reconciles them (quantum gravitation). They have been working on this for years with string theories, etc., and I don’t know what the current situation is.
Two main comments about the article and its writing:
1. In order to offer the explanation, one must first define clearly what the contradiction is, and only then offer an explanation for it. But in your words there is no explanation of the essence of the contradiction (what exactly contradicts these two), and in any case it is not clear what solution you are offering for it.
2. Claims that identify relativity with form and quantum mechanics with matter are vague and I have no idea what they mean at all. I don’t see anything here beyond a vague slogan until you have properly defined the two theories, the concepts of matter and form, and explained what the connection is between them.
In my experience, essays of this kind are usually like letters floating in the air. Ask yourself whether you can propose a coherent physical theory of quantum gravity? If not, then in what sense have you resolved any contradiction here? The fundamental problem is physical, not Gothic and philosophical, and therefore its solution should also lie in the field of physics. There is, of course, a theoretical foundation for physics, but in my opinion, there is no point in dealing with the foundation if you do not understand and do not deal with the essence of physics itself.
All the best,
Michi
What do you mean the rabbi doesn't have in-depth knowledge of physics? What did you do as a postdoctoral fellow?
You are confusing the questioner with me.
Peace and blessings. It seems he didn't confuse me, after all you wrote “This requires in-depth knowledge of physics, and I don't know if you have such knowledge (I don't, for example)” and you meant that you don't have in-depth knowledge of physics, and that's what Yishai is wondering about..
If I'm already here, then by the way, recently I've been bothered by the issue of the boundaries of Halacha regarding modesty for women, especially in relation to the elbow, usually people who are strict about Halacha – their wives wear sleeves that reach past the elbow, and in the Gush yeshiva they recite Torah verses by rabbis with sleeves that don't cover the elbow… If you already have an article written about it or a reference – I would be happy..
I don't have one. That's not the topic of this thread either.
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