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(Original Author: Rabbi Hillel Novetsky)
 
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<topic>Children of Israel's behavior in Egypt
 
<topic>Children of Israel's behavior in Egypt
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<opinion>Good – See <aht page="Religious Identity in Egypt">Religious Identity in Egypt</aht>.</opinion>
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<opinion>Good – See <a href="Religious Identity in Egypt" data-aht="page">Religious Identity in Egypt</a>.</opinion>
 
<opinion>Bad – Ramban, Abarbanel.</opinion>
 
<opinion>Bad – Ramban, Abarbanel.</opinion>
 
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Latest revision as of 17:36, 11 August 2014

The Duration of the Egyptian Exile

Related Topics

  • Did Hashem change his mind regarding the original time frame for the slavery?
    • No – Seder Olam et al, R. Saadia et al, Shadal, Hoil Moshe.
    • Yes:
      • He hastened the redemption – Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael, Pesikta DeRav Kahana, Tanchuma, Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, Ralbag.
      • He postponed the redemption – Ramban, Abarbanel.
  • Children of Israel's behavior in Egypt
  • Duration of actual slavery
    • 300+ years – possibly Shadal.
    • 147 – Jubilees.
    • 86-116 – Seder Olam Rabbah.
    • 86 – Shir HaShirim Rabbah, Rashi.
    • 80 – R. Saadia.
  • Israelite population growth
    • Supernaturally high – Ramban, most commentators.
    • High, but more natural rate – Shadal.
  • Egyptian chronology
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