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The Torah describes God’s fashioning the firmament (רקיע) on the second day of creation.

This piece of the universe, however, doesn’t actually exist—a problem obfuscated in my yeshiva education.

by Oren Fass M.D.

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https://www.thetorah.com/ar…/my-encounter-with-the-firmament

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My Encounter with the Firmament - TheTorah.com
The Torah describes God’s fashioning the firmament (רקיע) on the second day of creation. This piece of the universe, however, doesn’t actually exist—a problem obfuscated in my yeshiva ed-ucation. | Oren Fass M.D.

Unlike the year, the month, and the day, each of which had birth in some celestial motion, the week is a very artificial construct; like the hour and the second, the week is based on no recurring stellar or planetary movement.

Not surprisingly, until the triumph of Abrahamic religions in the West, none of the neighbors reckoned the passage of time with such a seven-day interval.

by Prof. Jack M. Sasson - Professor (Emeritus) of Jewish Studies and Hebrew Bible at Vanderbilt U...niversity

https://www.thetorah.com/article/the-genesis-of-time

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The Genesis of Time - TheTorah.com
The simple meaning of Genesis 1–2:4 is that God created the world out of primordial elements. And yet, one important new initiative was the construction of time. The week, however, does not depend on a cosmic phenomenon. | Professor Jack M. Sasson
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