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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>R' Chaim--</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Any attempt to make sense of this midrash
scientifically is completely misconceived; the midrash is not a scientific
description of anything--it is a mashal (which for Hazal means a figurative use
of language, allegory, parable, metaphor, etc.). For an example of a
parshan (a rishon) who approaches this midrash in non-literal terms, see the
Ramban on Bereshit 1:14 (toward the end). IIRC correctly, Rav Dessler
(aharon) has something non-literal on this too.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Kol tuv,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Simi Peters</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>