[Avodah] mabul

[Zev Sero]

On 3/11/2011 6:00 AM, Eli Turkel wrote:
> <<"Down" means towards the centre of the earth. "Up" means away from it.
> Thus all of the sky is above the land, not under it.>>
>
> This is true in modern terminology.
> The gemara assumes that the sun goes under the earth at night and heats
> the water in the streams

Not all the Amora'im knew the earth was round, but the Tana'im knew it.


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