Guest post by Rabbi Dr. Seth Kadish, continuing the series on R. Shimon b. Tzemach Duran The Torah Encyclopedia of the Cosmos and Life on Earth A few years ago, my son was given a gift by his metapelet (the woman who took care of him along with a small group of children at an after-school day care center in her home). It was a lovely book of “questions and answers” about nature and the world around us, beautifully illustrated with vivid color pictures, and published by a