I'm curious if this is your own חידוש. It's a brilliant insight. (And it happens to explain the seemingly endless repetitious פסוקים.)
Everybody I tell it to has this "wow" moment. As if it explains their entire life to them. Everybody wants to know what the source of it is.
> when the Torah lists the generations from Adam to Noach to Avraham, it says a person lived so many years, then had a child, then lived so many more years. Life, according to these pesukim, is divided in two: before you have a child, and after.
reminds me of the gemara in kiddushin - reichayim b'tzavaro v'osek b'Torah??
Great article Yaakov! Some fascinating points that really resonate
I'm curious if this is your own חידוש. It's a brilliant insight. (And it happens to explain the seemingly endless repetitious פסוקים.)
Everybody I tell it to has this "wow" moment. As if it explains their entire life to them. Everybody wants to know what the source of it is.
> when the Torah lists the generations from Adam to Noach to Avraham, it says a person lived so many years, then had a child, then lived so many more years. Life, according to these pesukim, is divided in two: before you have a child, and after.
Thank you Danny, I always try to read the pesukim with fresh eyes and a straightforward understanding.