Boeing 777 the Size of a Fly? 5 Points to Consider
On the role of the fontanelle in a baby's head, on a strange mitzvah that everyone fulfills, on the natural and automatic renewal in our bodies, and lastly, the unique characteristic of the loathed pig.
- אריאל כדורי
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(Illustration photo: shutterstock)
(Illustration photo: shutterstock)
(Illustration photo: shutterstock)
Natural Recharge
If I told you there was a miraculous bottle of water, that every time you pour a bit from it, the bottle would not empty but instead refill with better quality and more healing water - would you believe me?
However, astonishingly, there is such a thing - the blood in our bodies!
In the blood tests we perform from time to time, the nurse takes several units of blood, the liquid that provides doctors with a lot of information about the body's overall condition. After the blood test, it seems the body has lost a significant amount of blood, a situation that could be very dangerous for us.

Nevertheless, our body "knows" how to make up for the loss and produce new blood cells at an increased rate and in the proper amount. A blood loss of 10% of the human body's blood volume (about half a liter of blood) triggers the bone marrow to compensate for the losses and produce new blood cells at an accelerated rate. During the renewal process, not only red cells (erythrocytes), that carry oxygen to the body's cells and remove carbon dioxide, but also bone marrow cells, such as white blood cells (leukocytes), and platelets, which provide the body protection against viruses and bacteria, are produced. If blood loss recurs regularly, the bone marrow remembers the procedure and can efficiently act accordingly during emergencies and refill the damaged blood supply.
Incidentally, the amount of blood that can be taken from a healthy person without harming them is up to 10% of the human body's blood volume. For example, a person weighing 70 kg contains about 5 liters of blood. So, the amount of blood they can donate is 0.5 liters.
The whole process occurs automatically! Who gives the "command" to the bone marrow to replenish the missing blood? Where does the blood fluid come from? Who is "responsible" for blood production, so essential for our body function?
Boeing 777
The more complex and sophisticated a product is, the more it attests to the merit and wisdom of its creator. Take, for example, the Boeing 777 aircraft, considered the new flagship of the skies. This is an aircraft meant for long-haul flights, with amazing aerodynamic advancements, doing the impossible and ascending in an almost vertical manner.
You'd agree that whoever designed the aircraft must possess genius and great talent. What if I told you that a tiny fly is much more complex than a Boeing 777? Pay attention:
- The fly has a field of vision of almost 360 degrees and a very sophisticated and efficient nervous system operating within its tiny brain, enabling it to escape obstacles along the way.
- A fly's body contains all the aviation and navigation systems thanks to amazing anatomy that allows it (the unique wing structure "cuts" the air, etc.)
- Flies are known for unique flight abilities, allowing them not only to make sharp turns in fractions of a second but also to fly sideways, backward, or even hover in place.
- A fly can replicate itself by laying eggs and producing more flies. Does any Boeing plane exist that can create several smaller "Boeings"?
We see that despite the fly's small size, it is even more complex than the most advanced aircraft available. There's a well-known rule in electronics: the smaller the device, the more complex it is to manufacture and operate (like a cellphone or a laptop).
This is an astounding wonder! The more one delves into the marvelous wisdom embedded in creation and the amazing abilities placed in animals, the more they understand someone mighty created the animals and embedded these laws in them.
Pig
The Bible contains much scientific information. Therefore, if we were to find even one mistake in it - the truth of the Bible would collapse! But don't worry, for approximately 3,500 years to date, not a single mistake has been found in the Bible. An example? – Here.
The Torah deals with the signs of purity in animals and here it commits to the following fact: among all the animals in the world, there's only one animal that has a split hoof and doesn't chew the cud, and it is... the pig. It states in the Torah: 'But this is what you shall not eat from those that chew the cud and those that have a split hoof: ... and the swine, because it divides the hoof and is cloven-footed, but does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you' (Leviticus 11:4-7).
The Torah reveals a secret - a law of nature - and declares this: among all the thousands of types and species of animals and beasts in the world, only the pig has a split hoof and does not chew the cud. This commitment is subject to test since if another creature is found in the world, apart from the pig, that has a split hoof and does not chew the cud, the truth of the Torah would collapse, as Hashem committed in the Torah solely regarding the pig!

Note that the "writer of the Torah," who made this commitment, must have immense knowledge, knowing all types of animals and beasts in the world, their anatomical structure, and for making such a promise for thousands of years into the future!
Needless to say, over more than three thousand years that have passed since the giving of the Torah until today, no creature has been found (!), with a split hoof and does not chew the cud, other than the pig specified in the Torah.
Who else could have known this with certainty, other than the creator of the world? Apparently, whoever made such a promise is the one who created all the animals and beasts... for who knows the creation better than the creator himself?
Soft Head
Every time someone gets too close to your baby, the phrase "don't touch his head" automatically comes out. Usually, the panic derives from the fact that the fontanelle, the gap in the baby's skull, remains open after birth.
Have you asked yourselves what the soft spot on the baby's head is? Why is it so important for a baby to be born with a flexible and open skull?
The fontanelle's importance is to allow rapid growth of the skull in the early years of life. But even before that, the skull's flexibility allows the baby to pass through the birth canal and successfully navigate the journey out of the womb.

The brain is inside a bony box. The head is small, but the brain needs to grow and develop. For this, the skull bones need to be open; otherwise, they won't have room to grow. However, when the brain has developed enough, the bones fuse and protect the brain from injury.
Could this wonderful process, indicating a guiding and caring hand, have formed by itself without a creator and designer? By contemplating the human body, one can understand that this is the work of a superhuman creator, of infinite genius and supreme control over every detail.
Everlasting Covenant
How is it possible that people who do not observe Torah and mitzvot, acting against Torah and its commandments, continue to strictly uphold one mitzvah throughout generations?
You're asking which mitzvah I'm talking about? It's the circumcision!
People have abandoned the Shabbat, the dietary laws, and every Jewish symbol, yet they continue to uphold the mitzvah of circumcision, even if they don't know why they do it. This is against everything they believe in, yet they continue to observe it...
It is a fact: although most of the Jewish people identify themselves as non-religious and do not observe most mitzvot, some are quite extreme in their opposition to observing mitzvot, yet when it comes to the mitzvah of circumcising their son, they fulfill this mitzvah without hesitation.
All this is entirely illogical! If the people of Israel are renouncing their ancient religion, the first step they should take is to stop the "cruel" practice of circumcision... isn't it?
Rather, it is a promise given by Hashem that the mitzvah of circumcision will not be forgotten by his offspring for eternal generations. Hashem promises: "And the sonof eightdaysshall be circumcisedfor youevery malethroughout your generations... Circumciseshall be circumcisedyour houseborn servant, and the purchase of your money, and my covenant shall bein your flesh for an everlastingcovenant" (Genesis 17, 12-13).
Consider this: Who can commit to such an illogical and paradoxical prophecy?! And who can uphold and fulfill it? Only the creator of the world is capable of this.