- Torah and Jewish Thought
- Torah Teachings
Dates,Years,Centuries
Question
How old was the earth when Adam died?,...when the flood began?,...when Abraham was called?,...when Moses and Israel left Egypt?,...now?
Answer
We use a Biblical chronology which assumes the literal meaning of creation in six days, and the creation of man on the sixth day. Though there are some sources that insist on the acceptance of this dating as absolute truth (eg Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson ZT"L, the late Lubavicher Rebbe), others consider these dates as a convenience of following the Biblical narrative and interpret the "creation" as the beginning of Biblical history and chronology.
According to Biblical chronology, Adam died in year 930.
The flood began in year 1656
G-d spoke to Avraham in year 2018. Avraham was 70, so he was born in year 1948 (sound familiar?)
Today is 5764.
Meaning of the name "Yaakov"
Rabbi Berel Wein | 2 Kislev 5763

Was Yael a Jew or a non-Jew?
Various Rabbis | 16 Tammuz 5763

the real Torah
Rabbi David Sperling | Adar II 3, 5782

Yaacov’s Dream
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Kislev 28, 5770

Rabbi Chaim Tabasky
Rabbi Chaim Tabasky teaches a shiur in gemarah at the Beit Midrash program of the Machon Hagavoah l'Torah at Bar Ilan University. He is also a certified examiner of STa"M (Sifrei Torah, Tefillin and Mezuzot) and a narrative therapist.

Names of Our Fathers
19 Sivan 5764

Saying Shma in Space
29 Iyyar 5764

Business Question
5 Tammuz 5764

Crossing the International Dateline
20 Iyyar 5764

Prayer before and after Tehillim
Rabbi David Sperling | Sivan 23, 5781

The Latest Time to do Birkat HaLevana
Various Rabbis | 8 Tevet 5764

Prayer before and after Tehillim
Rabbi David Sperling | Sivan 23, 5781

Mezzuzah for Non Jew
Rabbi David Sperling | Iyyar 18, 5773

Can Women Open Food and Use Phones on Rosh Chodesh?
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Kislev 6, 5784

Children of a Converted Reform Woman
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Kislev 10, 5784

Women sitting with crossed legs in synagogue
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Kislev 6, 5784
