0580 - The Source for Scientific Discovery of Statistics in Torah

00:01 In the Fabregen of Shabbos Parsha Shlach Tov Shin Lamed Beis, the Rebbe said a very interesting thing. He said first the Hagdomeh, that lately they discovered something and they claim that this is something that they just figured out and they're proud of it, saying that this is something that a generation or two ago they didn't know about it at all and they are the one that discovered it. But the Rebbe says in truth, everything is from Torah and here we see that even this that they claim they just discovered is also in Torah, it's in the Rambam and it's based on the Pasuk. And this is concerning the Inyan that they call statistics. What statistics, the Rebbe said? That even though on every individual, each individual, they cannot say in advance what he will do, but on a group, they could say in advance things that are gonna happen. They're gonna happen, they could say things are gonna happen a month, in a year, even in ten years from now. And they know this because they see how these things happened many times before. So they could say in advance that this is gonna happen exactly like this and like this. And we see the pale that they are right. It is the way they thought it will be and they're proud of it. They figured out something very new that they didn't know about it before. They don't have an explanation how it works, but they say that this is the Metsias, this is

01:22 the fact, but they figured out the Metsias. The Rebbe didn't give examples, but I'm just thinking of an example that they could tell you ahead of time that this and this weekend, so many accidents will be, et cetera, et cetera, even though each person could be an accident, could be not. So it could be that no one will have, or it could be everyone will have a chas v'shalom, it could be all kinds of things. Nevertheless, they tell you in statistics that this is gonna happen. They usually write berecht what they did. So the Rebbe says this is something that they think they me-- they just figured out, but really this is written in Torah. The Rambam says in Hilchas Shuv, the Pelek Vav, after he speaks Va'areches that every person has free choice to choose to do right or do bad. So then the Rambam asks in Halacha Hey, how could the Aibishter say by the Bris Man Apsorim that the Yin will be in Mitzrayim and Va'avodum Vi'ino Esom, and they will enslave them and oppress them? But how could the Aibishter say that's gonna happen when they have free choice? So what will happen if everybody will choose not to do it and the Aibishter doesn't force a person to do it? So how could the Aibishter say ahead of time this is gonna happen? And the Rambam answers that there's a difference between the Yochid and the Rabim. That means that concerning an individual, he has free choice and the Aibishter

02:31 doesn't make it happen, won't say this and this is going to happen in advance, 'cause it depends on his Bechirah. Nevertheless, when we talk about a group, so the Aibishter could say ahead that in the group there will be so many, so many people like this and so many like that, even though each one has Bechirah and could choose one way, and they could all choose that one way. Nevertheless, the Rambam says in advance you could say that in the group there are gonna be some like this and some like that, and the Rambam uses the lotion, V'lo Hei Dia Beiral Min Hagash Leilam. The Aibishter only saying the Minek Elam. And this means Minek Elam is this is how it is going to happen. Because he's not speaking about the individual, he's speaking about a group, by the generation. The Rambam gives an example that the Aibishter could say that in this generation there will be Tzadikim and Reshaim, even though there is free choice. And what happens if everybody who has free choice could choose either way? Everybody will choose to be a Tzadik. So how could the Aibishter say there will be Tzadikim and Reshaim? Because when the talk comes to a group, the Aibishter could say it, and he calls it Minek Leilam. So this is not a contradiction to Bechirah, the Rambam says. And the Rebbe says this answers the kashas of the Raivid, because on this Rambam, the Raivid has a long Ga'areches with all kinds of kashas and

03:38 says all kinds of sharp expression on the Raivid, on the Raivid says on the Rambam. But in truth, it's no kasha on the Rambam, 'cause the Rambam considers this is no con- contradiction to the Inyan of Bechirah, because we're talking about the general thing. So here we see that what the people science thinks, that they just figured something out right now in our times, it's written in the Rambam, and really it comes from a Beferesh Aposik, where the Aposik says, Va'avodum Vi'ino Esom, the Aibishter said ahead, because he's talking about it Sibur. So here we see the concept of statistics is a written, uh, already written in the Rambam. Now, the Rebbe doesn't explain here the Hasbo Rebedover, but he just says that this that they think they just figured out, really it's already in the Rambam before based on the Pasik. And based on that, the Rebbe also answers that by the Meraglim, the Aibishter said that all the people from that generation will die throu- without-- throughout the forty years, but Tapchem Asher Amartem Levazi, the children will go into Eretz Yisroel. And the question is, how could the Aibishter say it? Maybe that generation will also sin, 'cause they have Bechirah Chofshis, they have free choice. So bemeilum, maybe they also won't be able to go in. How does the Aibishter say in advance it's gonna happen? So according to this Rambam, it's understood. He's not talking about the individuals. The general generation, the Aibishter could say ahead, because the Bechirah is

04:49 on the Yochid, but the gener-- the, the klal, the Sibur, the klal has this Inyan that the Aibishter could say ahead of time, which is similar to the Inyan of statistics, but it's not something that they figured out, science figured out, but something that's already in the Torah a long time before.