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He sees the very first verses of Genesis as a foreshadowing of the choices we all face. "The earth was emptiness (tohu vavohu)" – he says, that represents the actions of the wicked...
Pretty impressive. But unlike the other days, there's no resounding declaration of "that it was good." Why this omission? The rabbis of old certainly wrestled with this question, a...
But sometimes, the smallest details hold the biggest secrets. The Rabbis, in their infinite wisdom, picked up on something fascinating in the very first chapter of Bereshit, Genesi...
It might just be written in our origin story. Think about the very beginning. "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" (Genesis 1:1). Bereshit Rabbah, that incredib...
In fact, our sages wondered about that very thing way back in the book of Genesis! We find it in Genesis 2:18: "The Lord God said: It is not good that the man should be alone; I wi...
Like you've pulled the wool over someone's eyes, maybe even... God's? Well, Bereshit Rabbah, that incredible collection of rabbinic interpretations of Genesis, has something to say...
Take Noah, for instance. We all know the story: the ark, the flood, the animals two-by-two. But what about Noah before the flood? What kind of person was he? Well, the book of Bere...
Turns out, even God has had those thoughts about humanity. We find a fascinating glimpse into this in Bereshit Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Genes...
But what about the nitty-gritty? How did Noah see in there? Where did everyone go to the bathroom? Our Sages, wrestling with the very same questions, dove deep into the Torah's des...
