Torah

The midrash “I will look into the Torah and create a Alma” is a Alma midrash, and no conclusion can be drawn from it. It is unlikely in my opinion that there is scientific information in the Torah, and even if there were, there is no way for anyone to extract it from there. The midrash apparently means to say that what I need for my guidance in life is found in the Torah, and that is not very clear either. If it were possible to extract everything from the Torah, I would expect that sages would reveal the cures to all disputes, the technologies of the future, thus saving us a lot of time and convenience and allowing us to win all wars and overcome all difficulties. This is nonsense, of course. I already told you once here that when I studied at a yeshiva in Bnei Brak and went to university in the afternoon (I was doing a doctorate in physics at the time), the guys at the yeshiva told me what the hell are you looking for at the university, everything is in the Torah?! I told them: Your answer in my translation: A. Please find me the solution to the Schrödinger equation for a rotating potential well. It will save me a lot of time and I can devote it to studying Torah. You don’t have to say that until now I haven’t received the solution from anyone there. B. If the Schrödinger equation is also in the Torah, then I study Torah all day, but in the afternoon I study it at the university. So what’s the problem with me going there? And does the place matter?! To teach you, these are empty slogans, and whoever says them has no idea whether they are true or what they mean. It’s nonsense. I expanded on all of this in the trilogy (a special chapter is dedicated to this in the second book). But of course there is value in consulting with a wise person, not necessarily a scholar. It is always good. Not to receive instructions but to receive advice and guidance in thinking.