Where did the Jews cross at the Yam Suf, exactly?

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  • January 4, 2015 12:41 am at 12:41 am #614598
    always runs with scissors fast
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    Do we know? Was it in the gulf of suez or arabia? Or lower? Where?

    Thanks

    always running ..with scissors.

    January 4, 2015 2:24 am at 2:24 am #1051168
    zahavasdad
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    The Yam Suf was likely where the Suez Canal is today

    January 4, 2015 3:43 am at 3:43 am #1051169
    akuperma
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    Has itg wasn’t in the Red Sea, it wasn’t anywheres near the Gulf of Suez or Arabia. The name implies a swamp, not an ocean. If it was important to know exactly, Humash would have included GPS coordinates.

    January 4, 2015 4:04 am at 4:04 am #1051170
    zahavasdad
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    The place where the Suez Canal was sort of swampy before the Canal was built, Besides the obvious geograhic sutability there, it was swampy and made it fairly easy to build a canal there

    January 4, 2015 5:51 pm at 5:51 pm #1051171
    HaLeiVi
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    So the ?? of ????? ?? ??? was that they waddled through a swamp. If so I performed ????? ?? ??? this summer!

    January 4, 2015 7:16 pm at 7:16 pm #1051172
    akuperma
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    HaLeiVi:

    1. Only if it was dry land

    2. Only if the water was above your head (one can easily drown in a swamp)

    3. Only if those chasing you were drowned through no effort of your own

    P.S. The idea that they crossed a giant ocean comes from a Christian mistranslation. Jewish sources never claimed they crossed the “Red Sea” (which is quite deep, and there is no reference to them going down and up and incredible slope, nor of any sort of bridge over the chasm popping up).

    January 4, 2015 7:52 pm at 7:52 pm #1051173
    dnetsk
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    It was towards the back middle. Near the 7-11.

    January 4, 2015 8:44 pm at 8:44 pm #1051174
    Shopping613 🌠
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    In the yam suf?

    January 4, 2015 10:11 pm at 10:11 pm #1051175
    mms601
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    I’d draw a picture, but theres no way to post it.

    According to sefer eleh maasi, they entered (approximately) 29.624656, 32.341608 and exited at 29.829776, 32.476191

    January 5, 2015 12:11 am at 12:11 am #1051176
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    According to sefer eleh maasi, they entered (approximately) 29.624656, 32.341608 and exited at 29.829776, 32.476191

    I never understood the reasoning behind the claim that they exited on the western side of the Red Sea when it is obvious shortly later that they were on the eastern side.

    January 5, 2015 2:28 am at 2:28 am #1051177
    mms601
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    see tosafos arachin 15a d”h kishem.

    January 7, 2015 3:09 am at 3:09 am #1051178
    no nonsense
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    There is a widely publicized video about this from National geographic. Many dispute the video, however, the Living Torah Museum in Boro Park, maintains that the video is accurate.

    January 7, 2015 8:28 pm at 8:28 pm #1051179
    always runs with scissors fast
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    how could National Geographic have acurately documented Torah info?

    January 7, 2015 9:11 pm at 9:11 pm #1051180
    apushatayid
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    One thing is clear, they didnt emerge in times square.

    January 7, 2015 9:28 pm at 9:28 pm #1051181
    Jersey Jew
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    YAM SUF means SEA OF REEDS.

    Over the years, translations have gotten messed up. It doesnt mean RED SEA.

    According to many historians, this “yam” has since dried up.

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