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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>From: Micha Berger <A href="mailto:micha@aishdas.org">micha@aishdas.org</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>>> here is RSCoffer's translation (minus his
bracketed<BR>inserts, which I feel are not in line with the REED's intent)
from<BR><http://www.toriah.org/people/R-Dessler/Vol4-pages-p113.pdf>:<BR><BR>
Time -- its existence is only within our perception. Creation
is<BR> far more profound than our ability to grasp and far greater
than<BR> that which is represented in our physical universe.
Consequently,<BR> "creation" transcends any limitations of time.
The concept of<BR> something being "beyond the limitations of time"
cannot be fully<BR> grasped by the human intellect. Thus when
considering "beyond the<BR> limitations of time", it is projected
into our minds as endless<BR> periods of time. And thus it seems to
scientists as if the world<BR> evolved over millions of
years.Question: If so, why then does the<BR> Torah establish the
description of creation in terms of six days? <<</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>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. </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR><B>--Toby Katz<BR>==========<BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"></B>--------------------</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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