On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 8:15 PM, Michael Makovi <<a href="mailto:mikewinddale@gmail.com">mikewinddale@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Midrash Tanchuma says that it is like a father who wound a clock<br>
everyday, and then gave it to his son to wind. G-d kept the calendar,<br>
and then gave it to us to wind.<br>
</blockquote><div><br><br>Had wind-up clocks had been invented at the time of Midrash Tanchuma? Or is this a paraphrase?<br></div></div><br>