Twelve Hours of the Sixth Day of Creation

12 (day) HOURS OF THE SIXTH DAY OF CREATION
THE DAY ADAM WAS CREATED
(according to the Seder HaDoros)

G-d gathered earth (from Har haMoriah)
G-d formed the body
נמתחו אברים G-d cut the form from the mold
נזרקו בו נשמה G-d placed the soul into the body

עמד על רגלים G-d stood him up on his (2) legs

Adam called the names for each of the animals

G-d created Chavah

Kayin & his twin were born

G-d brought them into Gan Eden

Adam, Chavah and the snake transgressed

G-d Judged them

G-d sent them out of Gan Eden

First Hour
Second Hour
Third Hour
Fourth Hour
Fifth Hour
Sixth Hour
Seventh Hour
Eighth Hour
Ninth Hour
Tenth Hour
Eleventh Hour
Twelfth Hour

Why was Adam created last in the Creation?

1. Sanhedrin 38b says Adam was created last so that heretics would not say that Adam was a partner in Creation.
2. It was so Adam should immediately observe the Mitzvah of Shabbos. (Rama - he would have merited Torah and Mitzvos, including Shabbos, had he not sinned.)
3. Adam was created after all the other creations to temper man’s arrogance with the realization that even an insect as insignificant as the gnat was created before him.
4. The world was prepared and set for man to immediately enjoy and benefit. This is similar to the way a host prepares the banquet prior to the arrival of the guests. This demonstrates that man was the purpose of Creation. Maharal explains that Adam’s 12-hour creation was to impress upon us that man was the most important part of Creation.
5. The Chasam Sofer says the above two reasons are not contradictory reasons, that HaShem had both intentions. On the one hand a person must know that if one conducts life properly, then one is considered the object of creation and the purpose of the entire Creation is to be of his service. On the other hand, to avoid becoming arrogant (which is not fulfilling the purpose of Creation), one should reflect on the fact that even a gnat had precedence in Creation.
6. R’ Schneur Zalman of Liadi says first the world of Tohu was created, but was unable to exist. Various holy sparks sent into this world of Tikkun. Man was created last with the ability to rectify the situation by physical action returning the holy sparks to their original source.

The Vilna Gaon on Sifra Ditzeni’usa

The Vilna Gaon on Sifra Ditzeni’usa, (1720-1797) sets forth the approach that the hours of the sixth day reflect the events of the 6th thousandth year of Creation, “For a thousand years are like a day in Your eyes” (Tehillim 90,4). Thus, the 12 hours listed in the Gemara actually reflect 12 units of approximately 41 years and eight months.

One Creation day = Thousand years = 500 of the night and 500 of the day
12 hours of the Creation daytime = 500 years
One hour of Creation day = 500/12 = 41 2/3 years
And in all likelihood, the arrival of Moshiach would correspond to the completion of the action of Adam being stood up (the end of the fifth hour)
Year 5000 corresponds to the beginning of the sixth day
Year 5500 corresponds to the beginning of the daytime
5 complete Creation hours = 5 * 41 2/3 years = 208 (and change)
End of the fifth hour of the Sixth Creation day = Year 5500 plus 208 = 5708
The Year 5708 corresponds to the year in the common counting of 1948
What happened in that year?