Parshas Bereishis (5761)

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Parshas Bereishis (5761)
By Mordechai Dolinsky

With great awe and respect I attempt to say a few words on Parshas Bereishis—‘Brias HaOlam’.  There is a magnificent and obvious lesson from the sedra that I suspect is overlooked.  There is no law, force, or power that had any influence in the sequence of the creation other than the absolute Will of HaShem.  The order therefore achieves a special significance.

The Sefer “Nefesh HaChayim” and Sefer “HaTanya” open our eyes to the fact that the creation is an ongoing, perpetual process.  This principle must be studied in depth to be understood properly and it is a most important foundation.  This concept sheds even more special significance to the “Maaseh Bereishis” and its unique sequence.

“VaYomer Elokim Yehi Or”—let there be light; HaShem chose light to be first!  Light indeed is supreme.  Light means seeing the truth.  Light is the great power that reveals and clarifies.  True understanding is first and foremost.  It is our first request in Shmoneh Esray.

Our greatest yearning must be that Hashem constantly and for every situation reveal to us the pure truth.

A lovely Shabbos to you all.