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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>From: Saul.Z.Newman@kp.org<BR>>> We know that Moshe Rabbeinu
was born on the 7th of Adar and died on the<BR>7th of Adar. There seems to be a
problem. If you say that someone lived a <BR>full year it would mean that
someone born on the 7th of Adar would die on <BR>the 6th of Adar. The full year
is complete at a moment that the year is <BR>up. When a boy is Bar Mitzvah if he
was born on the 7th of Adar he is Bar <BR>Mitzvah at sunset of the 6th of Adar.
The year is completed a day early. <BR>It does not seem correct that Moshe
Rabbeinu should be born on the 7th of <BR>Adar and die on the 7th of Adar and we
should say such an expression (???? <BR>???? ??? ??????). Tzorech Iyun.
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<DIV>You've got something in Hebrew there that shows up as a series of question
marks on my screen, so I don't know what that is. But there is an obvious
answer to the question you pose (if I understand it correctly). How can it
be that a person is born on 7 Adar and also dies on 7 Adar and we call that a
full year? (Or in Moshe Rabbeinu's case, 120 full years.) Isn't that a
year plus a day? The answer is no, it's just one full year, not a year and
a day. Let's say he was born at 7AM on 7 Adar. If he then dies on 6
Adar just before sunset at 7PM -- let's say for example -- then he is dying
about 12 hours short of a full year.</DIV>
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<DIV>IOW to make it a full year he has to die on the same date at the same time
as the day he was born to fill in the hours of the date he was born that he was
not yet in the world.</DIV>
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<DIV>The bar mitzva example is only somewhat relevant because I assume the
halacha is counting the day you were born as one full day regardless of what
time you were born. But that's because that's how humans have to work,
they can't go figuring out exact hours and minutes. But Hashem can.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT><BR><FONT color=#0000ff><STRONG>--Toby
Katz<BR>================</STRONG></FONT><FONT lang=0 color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>_____________________</FONT></DIV>
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