[Avodah] R Chiya Raba

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 07:18:45PM +0200, Eli Turkel wrote:
: Now I am totally lost. If we are not talking about exact years then
: what difference does it make when Rav or R Chiya made a statement.

As I understand him, the CI (YD, Hilkhos Tereifos 5:3; Yevamos 57:3)
is saying there was an exact time of transition from the era of Torah
to the era of Geulah. That's different than saying that time was the
year 4000 AM on the nose. Just as the year 2000 AM (in a chronology the
CI would accept) doesn't mark any notable event I'm aware of -- Migdal
Bavel was 1996 AM, Noach dies in 2006, Beris Bein haBesarim is 2018.

IOW, the imprecision of the concept of "alpayim Torah" doesn't mean
the borders were fuzzy, just because the actual times were.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha