tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post3897382534422018899..comments2024-03-28T02:08:17.990+02:00Comments on Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity: History - What is a week?Daas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-72473433323540683082008-11-28T15:16:00.000+02:002008-11-28T15:16:00.000+02:00I'm more moved by R' Yehudah haLevi's explanation ...I'm more moved by R' Yehudah haLevi's explanation -- it proves the week is older than man's separation into cultures. Something Adam first encountered would echo across the globe without needing to invoke mystical significance.<BR/><BR/>-michamichahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13610506439687098313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-72675569342819135372008-11-28T06:55:00.000+02:002008-11-28T06:55:00.000+02:00The conjunction of the 7 hour cycle and the 365.25...The conjunction of the 7 hour cycle and the 365.25 day year creates a 7 year cycle as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-41982342852684142222008-11-27T20:36:00.000+02:002008-11-27T20:36:00.000+02:00You are correct. I am only pointing out the novel ...You are correct. I am only pointing out the novel fact that (as you write) there is a connection between the weekdays and the celestial bodies. Although the Gemara writes that the seven hours factor is intrinsic to creation, naming the days after the first hour ruling body may be non-Jewish convention and have no deep significance.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01852102631224846151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-67334021591606312112008-11-27T20:06:00.000+02:002008-11-27T20:06:00.000+02:00I think one can still make the argument that the w...I think one can still make the argument that the week is still lemaalah min hatevah. The existence of a cycle of weeks require people to do the counting. Without people counting days, the week as a unit of time simply disappears. <BR/><BR/>The number seven corresponds to a natural phenomenon, but the week is still not as "natural" as the day, which is intrnisically connected to the solar cycle, or the month, which is intrnisically connected to the lunar cycle, or the year, which is intrinsically connected to the cycle of the seasons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-17114548838621831192008-11-27T19:48:00.000+02:002008-11-27T19:48:00.000+02:00The correspondence of the moving celestial bodies ...The correspondence of the moving celestial bodies to the days of the week is still clear in Japanese.<BR/><BR/>Nichi-youbi - Sunday (Nichi = Sun)<BR/>Getsu-youbi - Monay (Getsu = Moon)<BR/>ka-youbi - Tuesday (ka-sei = Mars)<BR/>sui-youbi - Wednesday (sui-sei = Mecury)<BR/>moku-youbi - Thursday (moku-sei = Jupiter)<BR/>kin-youbi - Friday (kin-sei = Venus)<BR/>do-youbi - Saturday (do-sei = Saturn)<BR/><BR/>This nomenclature was adopted from the Chinese (although it's no longer popularly used in China), who in turn seem to have adopted it from Mesopotamia via the Romans, Manicheans, or through India.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com