[Avodah] Malachim & mistakes

[Zev Sero]

On 7/10/2011 12:11 PM, Prof. Levine wrote:
> There is an attitude that one often hears today, "Everything is in the Torah."  When I hear someone say this, I ask, "Where do you find the Pythagorean Theorem in the Torah?"  This is always met with silence.
>
> We are told that there is Chochma amongst the gentiles, but they do not have Torah.  If so, then Chochma, it seems to me, is not Torah and hence not in the Torah.  Therefore, it seems to me that everything is not to be found in the Torah.  YL

"Istakel be'oraisa uvera alma".  Therefore everything in the world must
be in the Torah.

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