tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post2512293287063522651..comments2023-11-02T12:16:19.495+02:00Comments on The Jewish Worker: How old was Rivka when she married Yitzchak?blukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774763780910614203noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-84654662354764574912008-11-23T18:07:00.000+02:002008-11-23T18:07:00.000+02:00This is a common technique that Rashi and many mid...This is a common technique that Rashi and many midrashim use, tacking their time lines to events in the Torah that do not explicitly say when they happened.<BR/><BR/>For example, Rashi's whole "Yaakov studied for 14 years because there's that many yeaers missing from his chronology" is based on his thesis that Yishmael died just before Eisav married his daughter. Yet the Torah often tosses in death dates on people when their part in the Torah finishes. For example, Avraham's death is recorded at the end of Chayei Sarah while he doesn't actually die until the middle of the first aliyah of Toldos. Similarly, Yitzchak's death is recorded at the end of Vayishlach although he lived well into Vayeshev.Mighty Garnel Ironhearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09571194550300367249noreply@blogger.com