All posts in: Bereishis

• Bereishis

  7 years ago

  Knowing a chumra

  Some divrei torah are not very fashinable. This is one of them. The psukim and Rashi make it clear what the cause of man’s first sin was. HaShem told Adam ..

  Written by Anonymous
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• Bereishis

  7 years ago

  Overvaluations (the yetzer hara as a dodgy estate agent!)

  I just want to repeat over a thought (it’s actually much more than that) which the Beis Halevi says in Parshas Bereishis. It is really really worth looking ..

  Written by Anonymous
• Bereishis

  7 years ago

  The Yud and the Heh

  There is no shortage of talking points this week; from the many interesting details about how the world was created, to the first man, the first sin, and the first ..

  Written by Anonymous
• Inspiration

  7 years ago

  Truth

  The first 3 words of Bereshit are; \\\”Bereshit Bara Elokim\\\”. When written in Hebrew the last letter of each of these words; (Taf-Aleph-Mem) are the 3 root ..

  Written by Anonymous
• Bereishis

  7 years ago

  Vay’gareish es ha’adam…

  “Vay’gareish es ha’adam vayishkan mikedem l’Gan Eden es ha’Keruvim v’es lahat hacherev hamishapeches lishmor es derech eitz hachaim” (Bereishit ..

  Written by Oizer Alport
• Bereishis

  7 years ago

  When it comes from you it’s memorable

  The Torah tells us that HaShem made all the animals march past Adam and he had te insight and wisdom to give each one its name (eg parah for the cow). And he got all the names ..

  Written by Anonymous
• Bereishis

  7 years ago

  Who Really Has A Claim To Eretz Yisroel

  The first Rashi in Chumash asks why does the Torah start with the fact that Hashem created the world, it should start with the first mitzva. Rashi answers that when ..

  Written by Anonymous
• Bereishis

  8 years ago

  Why was the world outside Gan Eden Created??

  After Adam did his aveira he was expelled from Gan Eden. The Chasam Sofer asks if Adam was supposed to be in Gan Eden, why did Hashem build the entire world outside ..

  Written by Anonymous
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  Bereishis

  4 years ago

  Can’t Hashem Just “Help Us Out”?

  Who is ‘Leading the Way’?   Although Hashem is Really the All-inclusive, All-powerful Creator and Sustainer of the world, when it comes to the realm of life ..

  Written by Rabbi Nachum Chaimowitz