[Avodah] Local, Non-Global or Global Flood

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From: Micha Berger _micha at aishdas.org_ (mailto:micha at aishdas.org) 


>>  here is RSCoffer's translation (minus his  bracketed
inserts, which I feel are not in line with the REED's intent)  from
<http://www.toriah.org/people/R-Dessler/Vol4-pages-p113.pdf>:

Time -- its existence is only within our perception. Creation  is
far more profound than our ability to grasp and far greater  than
that which is represented in our physical universe.  Consequently,
"creation" transcends any limitations of time.  The concept of
something being "beyond the limitations of time"  cannot be fully
grasped by the human intellect. Thus when  considering "beyond the
limitations of time", it is projected  into our minds as endless
periods of time. And thus it seems to  scientists as if the world
evolved over millions of  years.Question: If so, why then does the
Torah establish the  description of creation in terms of six days? <<
 
 

 
 
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My neighbor, R' Yakov Homnick, notes that the really interesting and  
significant thing about P' Bereishis is the Torah's claim that THE WORLD WAS  
CREATED IN STAGES.  (Exactly how long each stage took is not that relevant  and 
possibly not knowable by us.)  The Torah could have said, "And G-d  said, 
Let there be a world!  And there was a world."  It could have  been said in 
one pasuk.  
 
 

--Toby Katz
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