Someone from Lakewood published a fascinating Sefer about bringing the korban pesach and to my great surprise actually dealt with the issues that I raised. In fact he raised some additional issues. For example, the din is that when you leave the עזרה you have to walk backwards. You are not allowed to turn your back. Imagine how much more difficult it makes moving large amounts of people in and out.
So what is his answer. His answer is very simple.
1. Since chazal said that they brought 1.2 million korbanos it must be true.
2. It was all miracles.
The problem is that nowhere are these miracles actually mentioned. Let’s list off some of the great miracles that had to have happened.
1. They had to process 6500 korbanos a minute.
2. 530,000 people had to squeeze into an area that can hold a maximum of about 5000 people.
3. 1.2 million people needed to get in and out of the azara and bring 1.2 million korbanos in 3 hours.
The author cannot find a single specific source for any of these. And yet, if chazal said it had to have happened.
Given the above there is no common ground for a discussion. In the charedi view whatever is impossible was simply a miracle. The same would apply to the mabul and to any other question.
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