[Avodah] Ta'am of eating matzah

[Simon Montagu]

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 8:15 PM, Michael Makovi <mikewinddale at gmail.com>
wrote:
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> Midrash Tanchuma says that it is like a father who wound a clock
> everyday, and then gave it to his son to wind. G-d kept the calendar,
> and then gave it to us to wind.
>


Had wind-up clocks had been invented at the time of Midrash Tanchuma? Or is
this a paraphrase?
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