[Avodah] What did they learn in the yeshiva of Shem and Ever

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, October 22, 2007 1:12 pm, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
: There is a timeline on pp 596-7 of Vol 3 of The Torah Anthology....
: 2085: Isaac enters Shem's academy
: 2121: Jacob goes to academy
: 2158: Shem dies; Jacob returns from academy
: 2171: Jacob goes to Eber's academy
: 2187: Eber dies

: I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that the academy was headed by
: Shem and Ever.

Actually, check out leshon Chazal, as transmitted pretty faithfully by
Rashi, the Mei'Am Lo'eitz, RAKaplan and now RAM.

It is Sheim's academy in Yitzchaq's day, then it's Eiver's in Yaaqov's
later trip. I do not know if there was a time when both ran academies
simultaneously. Also, it's possible that from 2158 to 2171 there was
no academy. Nor do we have indication Eiver's academy was necessarily
in the same location.

SheTir'u baTov!
-micha

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