In 1905, Albert Einstein first published his theories on relativity, from which, eventually, he developed his formula for the atomic bomb. Though not commonly known, Albert Einstein once told a group of rabbis in New York City, that he had done a rabbinical study of ohr, the Hebrew word for "light" in Genesis 1:3 and maohr, in Genesis 1:14, and arrived at his conclusions about relativity. He noted that the two terms are not alike. The light in v.3 appears to be the Divine source, while the light in v.14 appears to be of a different order. Maohr means "from light"; - thus emanating from the ohr. Rabbis believe the ohr to be the primeval light - source of the shekinah glory.
Einstein took the word for light (maohr) and by a complex series of grammatical divisions and substitutions, arrived at the words for mass ma, light ohr, speed mahar, raised rum and squared rebah. This led the Jewish genius to discover that E "energy" could be derived from M "mass" multiplied by the C2 "square of the constant" (the mathematical "constant" commonly assumed to be the speed of light). |
