It Should Become Light
21 Feb 2008The mandate of the whole of Creation is stated almost immediately: Yehi ohr. A common translation reads, "Let there be light". Instead, read, "It should become Light." All the world -- even the dar...
The mandate of the whole of Creation is stated almost immediately: Yehi ohr. A common translation reads, "Let there be light". Instead, read, "It should become Light." All the world -- even the dar...
When the world was made, G-d was left with two lights: A light of boundless energy that encompasses all things and gives them being, but transcends them, and a penetrating light that vitalizes all t...
Light is the Genesis of the world: the primary utterance of creation is "Let there be light," and the first act of creation is the distillation of light, its separation from darkness. The Midrash asks...
Most people have heard the story of Adam and Eve and their affair with a snake and a tree in the Garden of Eden. Few realize that it describes the essence of the struggle of every human being. Here is...