[Avodah] Local, Non-Global or Global Flood

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 07:30:22PM -0500, T613K at aol.com wrote:
: In the context of the great day that is coming (lifnei ba yom Hashem), the  
: "day" is clearly the day Hashem's reign begins, the day Mashiach comes, the 
:  day of the Ge'ulah.  It doesn't refer to the entirety of His reign.

Again: and is "Yom shekulo Shabbos", which I think is synonymous with
"Yom Hashem", only 24 hours?

What about the "yamim achadim" that Yaaqov would have to wait for Esav's
anger to cool off. Is 22 years "a few days" See IE ad loc (Ber' 27:44)
and his comparison to the "yamim" of yovel. Explicitly makes yom a period
other than 24 hours.

Finally, see also the Sefer haShorashim, entry "yom" of both the Radaq
and R' Yonah ibn Janach about cases where "yom" refers to a year.
(In the Radaq, see <http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/vl/radak/radak03.pdf>
pg 136, middle of amudah 272, starting with "Aval qasheh".)

So I'm still going with "alternative translation", not metaphor.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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