Parshah • October 2022
Bereishit – Beginnings Count
Beginnings set the template for future development. Of particular significance is the beginning of a child’s growth as that future is what becomes the nature of society.
Beginnings set the template for future development. Of particular significance is the beginning of a child’s growth as that future is what becomes the nature of society.
This 5 part series is an exploration of the secrets contained in the beginning of the book of Bereshit (Genesis). Drawing on the teachings of the scholars and mystics, Rabbi…
First person, Adam and Chava were vegetarian. So why aren’t we? The reason is because when we eat with humility, enunciating a bracha and using the food energy constructively, we…
Science hears a cosmic background ‘hum’. The Torah discerns a Divine breath. The Beginning is a mystery. What we do between beginning and the end is what matters. Notes: •…
A Near Miss of a Million Miles The scientists, mathematicians, programmers and technicians, spent two years planning, designing and building all necessary equipment and trajectory for the mission to Mars.…
Always Start With Bet, Rather Than Aleph • If you were writing the most important and popular literary work of all history, would you not begin your magnum opus symbolically…
Why does an all-knowing G-d need to call out looking for Adam? The truth is that this is not a question addressed to Adam but to all Adams, all people?…
Creation is continuous. G-d does’t take time off to pay ‘scrabble’. Our mindfulness makes us aware of constant change – G-d’s interest in His project of creation.
The artist’s most basic desire – to create a personal rendition of Divine Creation. G-d’s desire is to create – we are created in the image of G-d. Be the…