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If one were to represent the Molad Tohu as a date, comprised of a month, day, year, hours, minutes, seconds, and chalakim, what date would that be?

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The world was created on the 25th of Elul, and there was no Jerusalem (dry land was created later) – b a Oct 3 '12 at 14:20
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There was a first Molad though, right? What does no Jerusalem have to do with anything in this context? At some point there was, and then there was a molad. – Moshe Oct 3 '12 at 14:33
See Rambam Kiddush Hachodesh 6 8 – Double AA♦ Oct 3 '12 at 15:00
@ba Why would Jerusalem matter anyway? – Double AA♦ Oct 3 '12 at 15:01
@DoubleAA Not that there wouldn't be a molad, but that any place in the world would work (if I remember correctly, the molad we say is on Jerusalem, but I'm not familiar with the topic) – b a Oct 3 '12 at 16:35

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The רמב"ם in הלכות קידוש החודש פרק ו says in הלכה ח:

והמולד הראשון שממנו תתחיל, הוא מולד שהיה בשנה ראשונה של יצירה, והוא היה בליל שני חמש שעות בלילה ומאתיים וארבעה חלקים, סימן להם ב' ה' ר"ד; וממנו היא התחלת החשבון.

So Molad Tohu was on Sunday night, 2 Tishrie year 0001, 5 hours and 204 parts after sunset, i.e. 23:11 PM and 33⅓ seconds, according to Hebrew Calendar Science and Myths - or Monday 7 September 1748 BCE at 11:11:33.33' PM.

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