[Avodah] Kesuvot 112a - Any geologists who are familiar with the geology of EI?

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 02:38:22PM -0400, hankman wrote:
: Someone speculated this was because of the pasuk in Ekev 8:9
: "eretz asher avoneho barzel" but so far as I know EI is not
: blessed with abundant and ever present (heavier) iron ore...

I thought of the story with Reish Laqish, and R Yochanan realizing
that RL's teshruvah was real when he couldn't jump back over the river.
Once he was burdnered with Torah, Reish Laqish couldn't jumo the same.
Maybe R' Chanina was "shoqeil avanim" in his hand, testing his own
reaction to EY, not the stone's!

Another geological possibility rather than denser stones or a heavier
composition is that EY has larger stones than on the route from Bavel.

-Micha

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