Creation

Parashat Bereishit:

Author of history

The Creation narrative demonstrates perfectly the dichotomy of the Torah: it is simultaneously the story of one particular nation-the Jewish people-and the story of all humanity.

The Blueprint of Creation:

Torah and Quantum Physics speak the same language

In this series of articles, the writer highlights that many of today’s scientists, in their relentless quest to comprehend the universe, are discovering the very same truths and principles articulated thousands of years ago in our Holy Torah.

Parashat Noach:

Does the world need G-d?

Granted that the world could not have come into being without Him, once created, can it persist on its own, independent of His sustaining Providence?

Personal Growth series:

Living in Hashem's world

Judaism’s Thirteen Principles of Faith begin with the need to recognize Hashem as the world's Creator.

Parashat Bereishit:

The Land of Creation

not only does Parashat BeReishit contain a reference to Eretz Yisrael, we will see below that it completely depends upon it.

Personal Growth series:

Understanding rest and creation

The mitzvah of Shabbat is of great significance because it both reminds us of Hashem and gives us perspective on our lives.

Recent themes towards man's creation

If you look at Noach, you see how bringing nachas to G-d is our purpose as individuals and as a nation.

The lesson of the fourth day of Creation

The moon decided that Creation should be otherwise and was duly punished.

A war against the Creator

The whole transgender movement is a direct attack on the One above, a total chilul Hashem, and must be repudiated.

Coming back to Gan Eden

How the eighth day of the Mishkan is like the day after Creation.

A cover-up of biblical proportions

The Truth, the Whole Truth and…

An ideological thread connects the holidays and creation

There is a conceptual scheme magnificently uniting the holidays and the beginning of the rereading of the Torah at their end..

The Parsha and Current Events: The message of the Sixth Day

Is man, knowing morality, always above beasts? Take Australia, known as “down under”- a most appropriate name after this week.

Seven days in Genesis

A different kind of evolution in the first week of the universe.

Israel's first Chief Rabbi:

Tazria: Man versus Mosquito

Israel's first Chief Rabbi and the iconic leader of Religious Zionism: What comes first in value - quantity or quality?

We owe God more than we admit

“Many solicit a ruler’s favor, but a man’s Judgment is from the Lord.” (Proverbs 29:26).

The hidden light of Hannukah

Sparks hidden from the light of the first day of Creation reveal themselves for those who have eyes to see.

From the beginning till the end of time

The opening word of the Torah “in the beginning” already encoded all of what was to come, the potential of everything which will ever be.

Israel's first Chief Rabbi:

Breishit: Letters of Creation

Why the Torah begins with the letter bet and not aleph has a meaning connected with the nature of light.

What is new 'in the beginning'?

The whole story announces a new event in the world, the moment when the Creator chooses to establish a relationship with humans.

What preceded Creation?

What does the word "Bereshit" allude to?

On Sukkot, we dream under the stars

Tomorrow is today's dream. We pray that our intentions be worthy of creation, that our dreams be worthy of actualization.

Establishing the foundations of Faith

​​​​​​​Establishing faith passes through 3 foundations: revelation through Am Yisrael, observing creation, and putting talents to work.

Eretz Yisrael: The place to learn the Torah and live it

For Am Yisrael to fulfill its destiny, it must be physically within the Land and must keep the mitzvot within the Land.

Breishit: The Age of the Universe

Torah from Israel's first Chief Rabbi, the iconic leader of Religious Zionism: The Torah's message is ethics in a world created by G-d.

Great potential

A fundamental theological cornerstone of Judaism is found in this parasha: Man must continue the process of creating things anew.

The creation of man: Was it good?

How come it says "and it was good" about every day of Creation except for the creation of man. Was it good or wasn't it?

Today's Open Orthodoxy - Bereishit 5781

There are good things that resulted from our praying outside, things we should try to retain and that contrast Abraham with Adam and Noah.

Big Bang and Creation

The State of Israel is a small object in the universe of nations. But the pressure it exerts influences every part of the globe.

Weekly Tanya video\lecture: Creation ex nihilo

Some heretics do not deny Creation, instead they deny ongong Divine Providence, and that leads to a contradiction in terms.

Lessons from the Torah reading: Compassionate speaking

This Shabbat we read EMOR. Leviticus 21:1–24:23, in which we learn of the different ways Hashem spoke to His people..

Quarantine and Dick Dawkins delusions

Stephen Hawking vs G-d on Creation of the Universe

World renowned physicist Stephen Hawking told a packed audience in California this week the Big Bang did not require G-d for creation.