Mysteries of Creation
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Bereishit 1:1 states, “In the beginning Elokim created the heaves and the earth. The earth was tohu and bohu and there was darkness on the face of the depths, and the Spirit of Elokim hovered over the surface of the water.”
What is tohu? Tohu is a green lime which goes around the world, and is the source of darkness. What is bohu? Bohu refers to wet rocks sunk in the depths from which water springs.
In the Midrash (Brayshit Rabba 10:2), The creation of the world can be compared to a public bath in whose floor were two fine mosaics. As long as the bath is filled with water the art-work is not visible. When the water is drained on can appreciate the mosaics. So too, as long as the world was tohu and bohu, the work of heaven and eart was not visible. When tohu and bohu were removed the work of heaven and earth could be appreciated.
From “Mysteries of the Creation” by Rabbi Dovid Brown. We are studying from the following pages: pg. 49–56.
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Biblical Faith – with Sam Peak
Weekly series with new shows available every Tuesday.
We apologize – due to some technical difficulties with the sound tracks on recent programs of the Way of G-d series, we will be substituting another series of studies for a few weeks until we can reproduce those programs with the sound problem – thanks for your understanding.
Bereishit 1:5 states, “It became evening and it became morning; one day.” The verse does not state that Elokim announced, “There will be an evening; there shall be a morning; these will constitute one day.” It simple says, “It became evening.” That shows that the progression of time pre-existed the creation.
Elokim knows all the laws of science, for they too are His creatures. He makes no mistakes, the first time. The whole universe with all its complexities, containing the knowledge of all the sciences, discovered, yet to be discovered, and perhaps never to be discovered, were all mapped out in His mind without flaw.
From “Mysteries of the Creation” by Rabbi Dovid Brown. We are studying from the following pages: pg. 44–49.
Biblical Faith – with Sam Peak
Weekly series with new shows available every Tuesday.
We apologize – due to some technical difficulties with the sound tracks on recent programs of the Way of G-d series, we will be substituting another series of studies for a few weeks until we can reproduce those programs with the sound problem – thanks for your understanding.
G-d consulted the Torah when He created the world. This can be understood with an analogy. A king who wishes to build a palace does not begin to build until he hires as architect to prepare a design and blueprints for the palace and all its rooms. The contractor builds it by consulting the blueprints. In the same way, G-d consulted the Torah and created the world. The G’morroh is teaching us the only sure way of arriving at truth, even in the matter of natural science–evidence from the Torah. Deduction from the Torah is direct and sure because the Torah is the blueprint of the creation. It is the definitive source of knowledge of the world.
From “Mysteries of the Creation” by Rabbi Dovid Brown. We are studying from the following pages: pg. 25–37.
Biblical Faith – with Sam Peak
Weekly series with new shows available every Tuesday.
We apologize – due to some technical difficulties with the sound tracks on recent programs of the Way of G-d series, we will be substituting another series of studies for a few weeks until we can reproduce those programs with the sound problem – thanks for your understanding.
G-d consulted the Torah when He created the world. This can be understood with an analogy. A king who wishes to build a palace does not begin to build until he hires as architect to prepare a design and blueprints for the palace and all its rooms. The contractor builds it by consulting the blueprints. In the same way, G-d consulted the Torah and created the world.
From “Mysteries of the Creation” by Rabbi Dovid Brown. We are studying from the following pages: pg. 25–37.