http://finkorswim.com/2009/10/23/seasons-of-change-a-guest-post/ The Rabbi on the Beach at the Shul on the Beach Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://finkorswim.com/2009/10/23/seasons-of-change-a-guest-post/#comment-1128 R Aron Fink Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:05:00 +0000 http://finkorswim.com/?p=1601#comment-1128 Shavua Tov YC - Your association is right on. The teva of the world did change - it had to. The point of the Medrash, as you note, is that not only did the nature of people change to a reduced lifespan of 120 years, but the entire environment of the earth and its nature changed too. The structure of the natural systems of the world must be a matching fit to the nature of the humans which occupy it. As such everything changed and the post-diluvian era was a complete and total fresh start for humanity. It now featured, new systems of nature, new people and even some new rules for us to live by. Shavua Tov YC – Your association is right on. The teva of the world did change – it had to. The point of the Medrash, as you note, is that not only did the nature of people change to a reduced lifespan of 120 years, but the entire environment of the earth and its nature changed too. The structure of the natural systems of the world must be a matching fit to the nature of the humans which occupy it. As such everything changed and the post-diluvian era was a complete and total fresh start for humanity. It now featured, new systems of nature, new people and even some new rules for us to live by.

]]> http://finkorswim.com/2009/10/23/seasons-of-change-a-guest-post/#comment-1127 Menachem Ickovitz Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:28:00 +0000 http://finkorswim.com/?p=1601#comment-1127 very enjoyable & thought provoking! very enjoyable & thought provoking!

]]> http://finkorswim.com/2009/10/23/seasons-of-change-a-guest-post/#comment-1126 YC Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:58:00 +0000 http://finkorswim.com/?p=1601#comment-1126 I cant help but try to link the Medresh's "never ending season of youthful exuberance" with people living several hundred years despite the punishment/consequence of living 120 yrs was said by God regarding the Bnai Elokim (or powerful ones). Shabbat Sahlom I cant help but try to link the Medresh’s “never ending season of youthful exuberance” with people living several hundred years despite the punishment/consequence of living 120 yrs was said by God regarding the Bnai Elokim (or powerful ones).
Shabbat Sahlom

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