MOSHE EXPOUNDED THE TORAH IN SEFER DEVARIM
YEAR 2488 ACTIVITY
- ST OF SHVAT UNTIL THE 6TH OF ADAR: MOSHE EXPOUNDED TORAH IN THE PLAINS OF MOAV
- TH OF ADAR: MOSHE DIES (120 COMPLETE YEARS) BEGINS 30 DAYS OF MOURNING
הדברים האל
How many days did Moshe expound the Torah on the Plains of Moav?
The answer depends on how many days was the month of Shevat.
The time of birth of the new moon, i.e., the MOLAD, is determined by the period of the MOLAD. This period between one Molad to the next Molad is determined to be 29 days, 12 hours, and 793 parts. (The traditional time of the molad period is slower by about 1 day in every 15,304 years than the presently accepted time of the mean lunar conjunction.)
Since the Hebrew time system involves whole days, the length of a month can be either 29 days or 30 days. Beginning with Tishrei, the Hebrew months basically alternate between 30 and 29 days as follows:
Tishrei 30 Cheshvan 29 Kislev 30 Tevet 29
Shevat 30 Adar 29 Nisan 30 Iyar 29
Sivan 30 Tammuz 29 Av 30 Elul 29
For leap years the 30-day month of Adar is added immediately after Shevat.
Kislev & Chesvan change between 29 and 30 days allowing different length of years.
Thus, Moshe expounded Torah for the entire month of Shvat (see above), 30 days, and for the first six day of Adar, for a total of 36 days.
OTHER ITEMS OF 36 אלה
- 36 hours that the original light of Creation shown prior to being hidden
- 36 bulls offered by the 12 Nesiim to inaugurate the Mishkan
- 36 types of death administrated by Bais Din with their four methods of death
- 36 bells on the bottom of the Me’il of the Cohen Gadol
- 36 Mesechetos of Mishniyos which have a Gemara
- 36 places in the Torah that warn on price fraud against a convert
- 36 crowns placed on the casket of Yaacov by the Caananite kings
