Is there something about the timeline that we learned today surprising? For example, are you surprised that sefer Shemot really spans only a year? Did you think that the events took longer? Explain.
Yes, I am quite staggered about the fact that a whole Sefer only spans a total of just one year. I was under the assumption that the Pentateuch was divvied up in a sense that each Holy Sefer took the same amount of time as the others. Given the number of classic, miraculous events in Shemot - l'mashal the splitting of the sea, birth of Moses, breaking of Luchot, Matan Torah, Chet Ha'egel et cetera - I previously believed it took way longer than a year; nevertheless, thanks to the highlight of my profile, he who must not be named, I was wrong (well, it wasn't totally the teacher's fault).
It is very hard to believe that the entire exodus lasted only one year also, i feel like the exodus took a lot longer and that a year in the Torah days actually meant like 100 years or something like that. It would be impossible for all of what we went over in class to have lasted only one year.
Yes, I completely agree with what Dylan was saying. I think it is very surprising that all of the events after the Exodus took only one year in all; I previously believed that all of these events took place throughout the Bnei Yisrael's time in the desert, but it was only throughout the first year. I just always thought that each Parsha had a span of time in between the two adjacent, but now I realize they just run right into each other. This is a significant fact that we all need to comprehend in order to fully understand the Sefer.
Yes, I am quite staggered about the fact that a whole Sefer only spans a total of just one year. I was under the assumption that the Pentateuch was divvied up in a sense that each Holy Sefer took the same amount of time as the others. Given the number of classic, miraculous events in Shemot - l'mashal the splitting of the sea, birth of Moses, breaking of Luchot, Matan Torah, Chet Ha'egel et cetera - I previously believed it took way longer than a year; nevertheless, thanks to the highlight of my profile, he who must not be named, I was wrong (well, it wasn't totally the teacher's fault).
ReplyDeleteIt is very hard to believe that the entire exodus lasted only one year also, i feel like the exodus took a lot longer and that a year in the Torah days actually meant like 100 years or something like that. It would be impossible for all of what we went over in class to have lasted only one year.
ReplyDeleteYes, I completely agree with what Dylan was saying. I think it is very surprising that all of the events after the Exodus took only one year in all; I previously believed that all of these events took place throughout the Bnei Yisrael's time in the desert, but it was only throughout the first year. I just always thought that each Parsha had a span of time in between the two adjacent, but now I realize they just run right into each other. This is a significant fact that we all need to comprehend in order to fully understand the Sefer.
ReplyDeleteFor so much information I was shocked that it only spanned a year. I was expecting it to span much longer than that.
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