יום חמישי, 19 בינואר 2012

Riddle - Biblical Lifespans - Va'era 5771

We know that Moshe Rabbeinu wrote certain Perakim of Tehillim for Klal Yisrael. One of them is Tefillah L’Moshe, Kapittal 90 which is said in our Shabbos Davening. In this Perek of Tehillim it says Yimei Shenoseinu Shiv’im Shanah, V’im Big’vuros Shemonim Shanah. There it says that a person lives 70 years and if he is strong he can live 80 years.
The Gemara in Maseches Yoma says in the days of Dovid Hamelech the world came to a point that the average life expectancy was in the area of 70 years. I don’t understand, Moshe Rabbeinu lived at a time that people lived over 100 years. All the people we know who lived during the time of Moshe Rabbeinu and Yehoshua lived over 100 years. How can it be that Moshe Rabbeinu wrote this Posuk of Yimei Shenoseinu Shiv’im Shanah, V’im Big’vuros Shemonim Shanah?

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