On 2009 May 31, at 01:48 , Moongazer wrote:
The legend about the Sun is that it was created on a Wednesday at zero hours
(Jewish time) of the day (which is Tuesday 18:00, civil time). The source
for the day is the bible itself (Gen. 1:16), but the original source for the
time of day is more obscure.
This legend about the Moon is intended to explain the
apparent anomaly that the Moon was already about two days old at the time of
her first conjunction with the Sun.
Irv replies: On my web page entitled "Rambam and the Seasons", I have carefully tried to account for these traditions, and cited the sources, see if you are satisfied:
See in particular the bulleted points listing the traditional accounting for method #1 and method #2.
-- Irv Bromberg, Toronto, Canada
