Parshat Bereshit

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Covers the creation of the world in six days, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, the first sin, Cain and Abel, and the generations from Adam to Noah. Genesis 1:1-6:8.

Hills of Judea

Other Texts Da'at Tevunot 40:8

It’s a feeling that echoes through Jewish tradition, a question asked again and again across centuries. How can a good God allow so much suffering? Da'at Tevunot, a profound work o...

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Messenger of God

Other Texts Da'at Tevunot 40:15

We catch glimpses, moments of profound clarity, and then… whoosh, the curtain drops. But what if that very hiding – that hester panim, the concealment of the Divine countenance – i...

ProphecySinai

Neshamah from Above and Soul

Other Texts Da'at Tevunot 41:1

"Let us summarize all that we said until now on this matter," the Soul says, "for it is voluminous." Now, when the Soul says "voluminous," it's not kidding. We're talking about lay...

Soul

Heavenly Will's Transgression

Other Texts Da'at Tevunot 42:1

The text speaks of the Heavenly Will, the ultimate source of everything. It tells us the Ein Sof, the Infinite One, desired to make clear the truth of His absolute singularity—the ...

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Evil Inclination

Other Texts Da'at Tevunot 44:1

It suggests that the very actions of the Divine will prove that Yichud, the Singularity, will eventually be revealed. How so? We see it in the prophecies themselves. These propheci...

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Words from Above and There

Other Texts Da'at Tevunot 44:2

We've been talking about the big picture, about creation itself, about the rules that govern everything. But now, it's time to get down to the nitty-gritty. At the heart of it all ...

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Path of Discernment

Other Texts Da'at Tevunot 44:4

That feeling, that sense of being on the verge of understanding something profound, is exactly where we find ourselves as we begin to explore the concept of the "concealment of the...

Mysticism

Voice of Torah

Other Texts Da'at Tevunot 46:2

Da'at Tevunot, a work of Jewish philosophy, grapples with this very idea. It tells us that the Master of the Universe, the Creator, is utterly beyond our comprehension. God is "cer...

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Moses and the Torah

Other Texts Da'at Tevunot 46:4

It's like staring into the night sky – you see the stars, but you know there's so much more you can't see. That's kind of how we grapple with understanding God. Da'at Tevunot, a wo...

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