[Avodah] science and talmud

[Eli Turkel]

<<"They don't care that much about the intersection..." Now, assume that's
beshittah, and perhaps that's the answer to your question. The don't see
the need for a correspondane between reality and halakhah that you're
taking for granted.

IOW, it's more relevent that Chazal said they have more (or fewer)
teeth than whether or not they actually do.>>

Except that in many cases these questions have practical questions.
Without attempting a complete list whci would be very long some sample examples
debated by many include

can a pregnant woman menstruate?
Can a 8th month fetus live?
How old of a cow can give birth?
health of a baby after being born and making hot water on shabbat

Even on non-halachic issues many have struggled with gemarot that
incorrectly give the anatomy of a woman's uterus area or the separation of
a man's semen and urine tracts etc. Certainly CI did not simply
dismiss the issue by declaring that modent anatomy is irrelevant


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Eli Turkel