All Articles ByGil Friedman

What did ancient Jewish texts say about the Earth? This article reveals surprising passages that describe the planet’s shape and nature centuries ahead of scientific discovery.

How once-proven scientific truths were later proven false, revealing the limits of human knowledge

Discoveries in cosmology reveal striking parallels between the Big Bang theory and the Torah’s ancient description of creation

Exploring ancient theories: perilous polar expeditions, animals crossing icy oceans, impossible journeys in primitive canoes, or a single landmass populated by humans and animals that eventually divided?

Hashem decreed upon the Jewish people that Tisha B'Av would be a day of calamity. Throughout the generations, troubles that befell the Jewish people occured on this day.

Biological studies confirm the Torah’s description of the serpent’s curse, revealing that snakes truly cannot taste their food

How Shabbat Shaped the Global Calendar and Outlasted Empires

Discover how the Talmud and Zohar described a glowing green ring encircling the Earth, centuries before NASA confirmed the aurora from space

Explore the Talmud’s 2,000-year-old insight revealing why rain, birth, and resurrection are divine mysteries that science, even in the modern age, can never fully master

A 2,000-year-old Talmudic text estimated the world’s total area — and its calculation aligns almost perfectly with NASA’s modern measurement of Earth’s surface

Centuries before science discovered nuclear fusion, Jewish sages wrote that starlight comes from fire — a 2,000-year-old insight that anticipated one of astronomy’s greatest revelations