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[Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

Before anyone jumps at me, I meant "yehi or".

Yigal

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
To: "b-hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 6:03 AM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Yom in Biblical and Rabbinic Texts


> Shoshanna,
>
> Are you saying that G-d's holiness-light did not exist before He said
> "vayehi or"?
>
> The Oral Torah, as passed down by Haza"l (tell me if you have another
> source) reflects an allegorical understanding of the Creation story - they
> knew quite well that "yom" here cannot mean a 24-hour day.
>
>
> Yigal
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Shoshanna Walker" <rosewalk AT concentric.net>
> To: "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>; "b-hebrew"
> <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 1:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Yom in Biblical and Rabbinic Texts
>
>
> > Not to mention, that there is another prominent meaning to light -
> > ie; G-d's light, holiness, that which nourishes the world, etc., in
> > the spiritual sense.  But, as I have said many times, you have to
> > accompany your learning the written Torah with learning the Oral
> > Torah to understand Torah.
> >
> > Shoshanna
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Light and the Sun/stars are two completely different entities.
> > Why should it pose a problem that they were created at different
> > times?
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