Timeline for How did they breathe during the plague of darkness?
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| Feb 6, 2017 at 19:17 | comment | added | mevaqesh | @sam My point was very simple that all he references is that it had substance; not that it was as thick as a dinar. While texts of Midrashim varied wildly, so we don't know if Ralbag even had such a text mentioning the thickness, even if he had our texts, it is still a jump to state that he references that Midrash. Not a big jump, but a jump nonetheless. Lastly, it should be noted that the idea of the darkness having substance is present elsewhere in the Midrash, e.g. 14:3, where the dinnar thickness is not mentioned. | |
| Feb 6, 2017 at 18:58 | comment | added | user6591 | @mevaqesh true. But I didn't think it deserved a downvote. The reason I upvoted it was because had the question been phrased slightly differently, which it easily could have been, this would have been a great answer. Imagine the question as did choshech affect breathing, the reason I ask is because it was so thick etc. the fact that the OP chose to ask it from a different angle doesn't take away from the basic idea of how did they breath during choshech. Answers Ralbag with cloths over their mouths and noses. | |
| Feb 6, 2017 at 18:46 | comment | added | sam | @mevaqesh,thatstl the Medrash he is referring to,I dont know what your issue is | |
| Feb 6, 2017 at 18:45 | history | edited | sam | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 6, 2017 at 18:39 | comment | added | mevaqesh |
@user6591 We don't know if he understood the not getting up as literal result of the thickness of choshech do we As noted Rassag, Rashbam, Ibn Ezra, and many others don't understand it to meant paralysis. It would be very surprising if Ralbag, usually the first reject fantastical Midrashim, would break from the tradition of the pashtanim. This strengthens your point that "This is somewhat a side point though" and not actually an answer.
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| Feb 6, 2017 at 18:34 | comment | added | mevaqesh |
The Ralbag on Choshech quotes the Medrash about the darkness being a golden coin thick I don't see that in my Ralbag. Could you indicate where he quotes this Midrash?
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| Feb 6, 2017 at 17:54 | comment | added | user6591 | +1 this is good. I checked Ralbag, but I think he is saying something slightly different. In order to breath they had to block their mouths and noses so that the thick smokey(?) air wouldn't enter. It seems it was kind of like covering one's mouth with a cloth when walking through polluted air. Haven't checked kv'k yet, but I think ralbag makes sense. This is somewhat a side point though, no? We don't know if he understood the not getting up as literal result of the thickness of choshech do we? The fact that they couldn't breath can be independent of that understanding. +1 in any case. | |
| Feb 6, 2017 at 17:12 | history | answered | sam | CC BY-SA 3.0 |