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My Quest

For the past 15 years I have been on a quest to resolve how the Torah can say we were in Egypt for 430 years but our sages all agree we were in Egypt only 210 years.  I read commentaries by Rashi, Rambam, and other sages.  It felt like they changed what the Torah says because of our lack of understanding of something else Torah says.  Reducing the 430 years to 210 years did not sit well with me because it contradicted the Torah.  How could the Torah give specific number of years and the commentators change it?  Isn’t the Torah perfect?  Hashem does NOT make mistakes.  People make mistakes.  Pshat is pshat – what Torah says is what Torah says.

In 2006 I boldly told my Chabad rabbi that the Hebrew date is off by 220 years, and that the Gregorian year 2020 will be the year 6000 from Creation.  He shot me down very quickly, so I brought it to another rabbi, and another and another.  They each gave me the same answer: tradition are more important than proofs.  Being so ingrained prevents seeing the forrest through the trees.

Nevertheless, I could not give in to commentary that overrode what the Torah says in total clarity.  I just knew that Hashem’s wisdom intentionally concealed the answer from our sages.

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