[Avodah] evolution - new creatures coming into existence 7 days of creation

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 01:29:44PM -0500, Zvi Lampel wrote:
> Since Adam's expulsion from Gan Eden was during the 6th day, there is no  
> problem with the principle cited.

Weren't the flying insects fixed "lemineihem" the day before (Bereishis
1:21)?

BTW, there is a medrashic line which has Adam eating the esrog of the
eitz hadaas on the future date of Sukkos. Then, as the moon started
shrinking, Adam thought that his expulsion was being followed up by a
slow disentegration of the universe. Thus leading to a very joyous Rosh
Chodesh, when he first saw the moon reborn. It nicely ties in Sukkos
with the eitz hadaas, as well as explaining Yom Kippur Qatan.

While I do not recall where I saw it, Eruvin 18b and AZ 8a also imply
a much later date. They have Adam undertaking 47 days of teshuvah until
the winter solstice and days started getting longer. That would put the
cheit some time in mid-Marcheshvan or so!

(Which might even be 7.5 mo after Adam's creation, if beNisan nivra
ha'olam.)

This notion that everything happened on day 6 is subject to a machloqes,
and R Yochanan ben Chanina's (Sanhedrin 38b) isn't the only shitah.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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