Daniel Matt, one of the world's preeminent Zohar scholars who has authored the Pritzker English edition of the book, also wrote God and the Big Bang (1998) to foster a dialog between the two descriptions of the process of creation: the scientific and the biblical, as seen through the lens of Kabbalah and Chasidism. The Hebrew translation has just appeared in Israel, published by Yediot Aharonot, Israel's largest book publisher. The translator, FTJC member Igal Harmelin, who will share some key passages and his experience translating this fascinating book.