…were human men visiting his tent (Bereishit 18:2). Avraham also bowed to the Bnei Cheit when he bought the Cave of Machpelah (Bereishit 23:7-23:12). Yaacov and his family bowed to Eisav when the two brothers reunited (Bereishit 33:6). The brothers bowed down to Yosef, just as he had dreamt they would many years earlier (Bereishit 42:6 and Bereishit 43:26). Yaacov…
…give to these two things? How long? What are the column inches that the Torah devotes to the creation of the universe? Anyone know? – 34 verses. 31 of Bereishit chapter 1, 3 of Bereishit chapter 2, totalling 34 verses. How long does the Torah take to describe the creation of the first shul, the Sanctuary in the wilderness? [Inaudible…
…Five Books of Moses is the promise of the land. That is surely the case. There are sub-themes, but this dominates all others. Seven times in Bereishit God promises the land to Abraham, once to Isaac, and three times to Jacob. The rest of the Mosaic books, from the beginning of Exodus when Moses hears about “the land flowing with…
…(Bereishit 31:10) 4. Hashem’s warning to Lavan (Bereishit 31:24) 5. Yosef’s dream of his brothers’ sheaves of grain bowing down to him (Bereishit 37:7) 6. Yosef’s dream of the sun, moon, and eleven stars (Bereishit 37:9) 7. The butler’s dream (Bereishit 40:9) 8. The baker’s dream (Bereishit 40:16) 9. Pharoah’s first dream (Bereishit 41:1) 10. Pharoah’s second dream (Bereishit 41:5)…
…on. Not only do we have the stories for universal and then followed by the particular, but look at the covenant of Bereishit [Genesis]. Bereishit is extraordinary because you would have thought, if God makes a covenant, that’s all you need. But in fact Bereishit tells us about two covenants. The first one, in Bereishit Chapter 9, with Noah and…
…why the book of Ruth is there and how it relates to Bereishit. Bereishit is a prelude to the birth of the Jewish people Bereishit is a book about family throughout. It’s the family of Avraham and Sarah – it’s a family book. It is the prelude to the birth of the nation. Ruth is a prelude to the birth…
…even let me see your children” (Bereishit 48:11). He then blesses them, saying, “Israel will use you as a blessing. They will say, ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Menashe’” (Bereishit 48:20). This is the blessing that parents and grandparents continue to use to this very day. But why is it so significant? The Yalkut Yehudah suggests it’s because…
…across (and still expanding), as against this tiny, portable Beit Knesset, really, the Mishkan, this tiny little thing. And yet, how many passukim does it take the Torah to describe Creation? 34. 31 in Bereishit 1, the first three passukim of Bereishit 2. 34 passukim. But the Mishkan? 500-600 passukim. How come the Torah goes in such greater length in…
…people. That is clear in the difference between the blessing Yitzchak gave Yaakov in Bereishit 27 (believing him to be Esav), and the blessing in Bereishit 28 that he gave Yaakov, knowing him to be Yaakov. The first blessing, intended for Esav, is about wealth – “May God give you of the dew of heaven and the fat of the…
…I have a comment, savri, and also a question. My comment comes from a close reading of the final chapters of Bereishit that I did sitting shiva for my father two weeks ago, and I was struck by the final sibling reconciliation in Bereishit which is between the sons of Yosef, who never fight, and who receive the cross blessing,…