Category: Beraishis

Name Calling!

There is a lot of ‘name calling’ in the first portion of the Torah, but I mean it in a good way. The Torah relates that G-d called His creations by name, such as; Ohr – light, Laila – night, Yam – ocean, Aretz – land, and of course Adam – man. The Torah explains …

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What About Me!

The Talmud relates that the Torah preceded the creation of the world by many years. The Kabalah – the source of our mystical teachings – relates that when G-d was ready to create the world He peered into the Torah using it as a blueprint for creation. When G-d gave us the Torah He commanded …

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