[Avodah] physics and Og

[Marty Bluke]

R'n Lisa Liel wrote:
<It's midrash. Moshe wasn't 18 feet tall. He didn't jump 18 feet in the air
with an 18 foot spear. Taking midrashim literally like that robs them of
their real meaning(s).

You may not take them literally but many do, in fact the Mishna Berura
takes the story of Og picking up a mountain to throw on Bnei Yisrael as
completely literal (see Mishna Berura 218,1).
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