Middot 34a ~ The Temple as a Model of the Solar System
2019年10月20日 · The Temple was not only the physical resting place of God on earth. It was also a model of the universe itself, and built into it was the very structure of our solar system. Here’s how. Rabbi Moses Isserles: Halachist and Astronomer. For Ashkenazi Jews who practice their faith, perhaps the most important figure is Rabbi Moses Isserles (d ...
The Talmudic View of the Universe | New Heavens and a New …
2014年1月23日 · This chapter describes the talmudic model of the universe. The rabbis of the Talmud believed that the world was flat, and that the sun revolved around the Earth every day. There is a debate about the length of the solar year in the Talmud, and its consequences and the rare Jewish ceremony of the Blessing of the Sun (Birkat Hahammah) are ...
Pesachim 94 ~ The Orbit of the Sun around the Earth
2021年2月23日 · One is that the galgal refers to the Sun, and the mazzalot refer to the planets; in this understanding, the sages of the Talmud anticipated the Copernican heliocentric system. However, this explanation must be rejected because in the very next line of the discussion, the Talmud makes it clear that the mazzalot contain the constellations Eglah ...
Solar System | Texts & Source Sheets from Torah, Talmud and
Jewish texts and source sheets about Solar System from Torah, Talmud and other sources in Sefaria's library.
Solar System & Planets - Jewish Knowledge Base - Chabad.org
There are special blessings that we make whenever we witness particularly wondrous natural phenomena. Eclipses, however, are not listed among the wonders for which we make a blessing. The Talmud tells us that a solar eclipse is a bad omen for the entire w...
Sources for the Earth revolving round the sun - Mi Yodeya
2020年3月3日 · The Talmud had some clear ideas of the sun circling outside a domed earth, moving through a window to the other side of the dome. Maimonides clearly describes the earth of being at a center around which the Moon, Sun, and the planets rotate.
The Caesar & Rebbe: Sagacity in the Sunset - The Talmud on …
In this intermediate level class you will learn to understand the unique give-and-take style of Talmudic argument. In the second exchange between the stoic philosopher Antoninus, who was Caesar of Rome, and Rebbi, the redactor of the Mishna, they discuss the solar orbit—specifically, the nature of the sun’s setting.
Bechorot 16a ~ A Flat Earth, The Eye, and the Sky - Talmudology
2019年5月3日 · Both of these “eye maps” capture elements of talmudic geography. In the talmudic mind, the Earth was a flat disc covered by an opaque sky known as the rakia. Exactly how the sun moved was the topic of a famous dispute between the “wise men of Israel” and the “wise Gentiles.” Here it is: פסחים צד,ב.
The knowledge of the Sages on the structure of the world
Similarly in the Jerusalem Talmud, tractate Rosh Hashanah 2:58a, “Three hundred and sixty five windows did the holy One, blessed be He, create to serve the world. One hundred eighty two are in the east and one hundred eighty two are in the west.
David Friesenhausen’s Zemirah for the Solar System
Uniquely, he also composed a zemirah in praise of the sun and the beauty of the solar system. This paper will review R. Friesenhausen’s life and his contribution as an observant Jew to astronomy and the debate over the truth of the Copernican model, and will analyze parts of his forgotten zemirah and its references to the solar system.