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It’s a question that has captivated Jewish thinkers for centuries. When God set about creating the world as we know it, what did God have to work with? The tradition tells us that ...
Ever wonder if the world we see around us was just... there? Or if there was more to it, a conversation perhaps, a negotiation even, before everything sprang into existence? Jewish...
"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." It's a statement of immense power, a foundation upon which an entire worldview is built. But what does it really mean? Let'...
There's this fascinating, almost hushed tradition about five heavenly things, each brimming with immense power, currently...asleep. Imagine that – cosmic forces of unimaginable mag...
We all know the story from Genesis, about God speaking the world into existence. But what if there were other, older stories? Stories that paint an even more vivid and active pictu...
In Judaism, there's a pretty firm foundation: God created the world precisely when He chose to. But that leads to a whole host of other questions, doesn't it? What was before that ...
Like one moment there’s nothing, and the next, BAM! The whole shebang is right there in front of you? Jewish tradition has a fascinating take on creation that might resonate with t...
We talk about Creatio ex nihilo – creation out of nothing. That phrase, those words, speak to the very heart of God's power. Think about it: absolute, utter nothingness transformed...
One of the most beautiful ideas is that God created the heavens by wrapping Himself in a prayer shawl – a tallit – of pure light. Imagine that for a moment: a tallit, but instead o...
