Ask JTF for October 19, 2014 is ready, baruch Hashem

[Chaim Ben Pesach]

בס''ד

The program is 1 hour and 37 minutes this week:



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[edu]

The opening of ASKJTF this week takes a non-literal allegorical approach to the first few chapters of Breishit/Genesis.

One of the main forces behind the non-literal approach is based on questions raised by science.
The following are links to 2 articles that tries to be science friendly while retaining the literal approach to the first few chapters of Breishit/Genesis
The Creation of Adam from Dust and the Theory of Evolution
http://www.vilnagaon.org/book/Adam_from_dust_and_the_theory_of_evolution.html

The Sequence of The 6 Biblical Days of Creation In Light of Science
http://www.vilnagaon.org/book/science-creationdays2.html

[Joe Gutfeld]

Thank you for your answer to my question.  Another great show as always!

[Binyamin Yisrael]

בס''ד

The program is 1 hour and 37 minutes this week:


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For those who would like to download the file for their MP3 players or iPods, the link is provided below:
http://www.jtf.org/ask/2014-10-19.mp3

Please "like" and join our great new English JTF Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jewish-Task-Force-JTF/460701807304711

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Yes, there were people before Adam. They were Halachically like apes. But Adam was a real person. He was the first person with a soul. Regardless of how he was conceived, don't you agree he was a real person? Noah was also a real person regardless of whether you believe the Flood literally destroyed the whole World. All the names listed in the line from Adam to Abraham were also real people.