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Friday, October 12, 2012

Orot Haparasha - Parshat Beraisheet

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OROT HAPARSHA 
Parshat Beraisheet
From the teachings of Rav Dani Isaac, Rosh Hayeshiva
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In Parshat Beraisheet we learn about the process of the creation of the world as we are familiar with it - the revealed aspect of the world - yet from these things we can learn a slender amount about the original Divine plan that existed before the revelation was actualized in creation.
 
The first pasuk opens, "In the beginning Elokim [G-d] created heaven and earth." Rashi comments: "It does not state 'Hashem created,' for He originally intended to create it with the attribute of justice; when He saw that the world could not survive He included the attribute of mercy alongside the attribute of justice. This is what it means by 'On the day Hashem Elokim created earth and heaven.'" This implies that the original intention was to create the world with the attribute of justice, yet in practice the world cannot exist in such a manner and therefore He included mercy with justice. Yet the first intention is very important, and it will find expression when the world is perfected.

On the third day of creation it states, "And Elokim said: Let the earth bring out grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind..." (i, 11), yet the actualization of the command states, "And the earth brought forth grass, herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing fruit, in which is placed its seed, after its kind; and Elokim saw that it was good" (12).

Rashi explains: "'fruit-tree' - that the taste of the tree should be like that of the fruit; yet it did not do so, but rather, ' And the earth brought forth... tree bearing fruit,' and not 'fruit-tree,' and therefore when Adam was cursed for his sin, it was also punished for its sin and cursed."
Rav Kook's comments on the earth's sin are famous (Orot Hateshuva 6,7): "From the beginning of creation (=the original Divine plan before it was actualized in the world) the taste of the tree was worthy of being similar to that of the fruit - every mean that strengthens some general lofty spiritual purpose was worthy of being sensed with the soul's sense with the same elevation and pleasantness that the purpose itself is sensed when we imagine it; but the nature of the earth, the upheavals of life, and the lethargy of the spiritual when it is closed up in a physical frame, led to only the taste of the fruit of the final purpose, the central ideal, to be felt in its pleasantness and splendor. But the trees that bear the fruit, despite their necessity to the fruit's growth, hardened and became physical and lost their taste. And this is the sin of the earth, for which it was cursed when Adam was also cursed for his sin."

In our world we are familiar with the concepts of means and ends. Of course the end is what is important to us, and were we able to reach the ends without the means we would not be lacking anything. From this perspective most of creation is in fact superfluous, bedi'eved [last-resort]. As it is impossible to reach the fruit without the tree that grows it, we are in need of trees, but in the absolute sense we are in no need of trees at all. This idea finds expression in the formula of the blessings over food. When we eat we bless, "Who creates the fruit of the tree" - fruit is mentioned, but we do not bless, "Who creates the tree," over the tree itself. This is the sin of the earth. Hakadosh Baruch Hu said that the tree itself should bear the taste of the fruit, meaning that through the means as well we should sense the "general lofty spiritual purpose," as Rav Kook puts it.

Yet the reality of the world is as yet unready to accept this ideal purpose, and in practice "trees bearing fruit" are created.

However, this is the order of creation. This is the lofty order of the appearance of things, out of a world [olam] of absence [ne'elam] and lack. Rav Kook puts it as follows: "A gap must exist between the abstract ideal content of the purpose of everything and what is seen to be revealed from it in practice. Were it not for this graded difference the shape of all being would blur, creation would not uphold its character, laws and borders would not be kept. This means that there is no possibility to descend and reveal the abstract ideals at a single stroke. Worldly tools are incapable of capturing the same great and lofty light. Admittedly there is a great benefit in the definition and practical appearance of these exalted ideals. "They receive a practical advantage and the grasping of action through their definition. In other words, you can act upon and understand these exalted ideals when they are defined in our world, whereas in their abstract form they cannot be grasped. There is no other way of revealing the lofty Name of Hashem in the reality of the world, and this is the only and the best way for the eternal ideal to appear in the world's existence.

These issues are set out in the pasukim. Pasuk 12 (the one from which Chazal learnt about the sin of the earth) states: "And Elokim saw that it was good." One would think that it when it comes to sin the expression "it was good" is inappropriate. Yet according to what we learnt, that this is the only order through which we may connect the absolute ideals to the reality of the world, indeed "And Elokim saw that it was good." There is no doubt that the Divine command "fruit-tree bearing fruit" will be revealed and nothing will be lost. Rav Kook continues (Orot Hateshuva, ibid): "Every defect will eventually be corrected. Therefore we are provided with clear assurance that days will come when creation will be restored and the taste of the tree will be like that of the fruit, for the land will be redeemed from its sin and practical lifestyles will not cause a barrier in front of the pleasantness of the ideal light. The complicated and deficient worldly reality will undoubtedly achieve its complete purpose. The ability to correct the world, to widen the natural tools so that they will be capable of receiving the lofty, Divine light, depends upon man. Man must uplift and sanctify himself in his life, and through this he will raise the entire world with him. This same problem of actualizing exalted ideals in worldly reality, which existed in the foundation of the world, also exists on a far minor scale in various situations. Idealists often find the actualization of their ideas foundering on practical difficulties. There are also cases of a large, idealistic, caring community that wants to advance great and true purposes only to come up against the objections of people who have narrow worldviews, who fail to see the aspect of Hashem in the world. Those individuals or that community must not despair. We must reflect on the foundation of the world, on the creation of the world, and understand that this is the order of things.

We are sure that the Divine purpose will be actualized and revealed, and this depends on us, and our actions.

Rashi (based on Chazal) says: "Therefore when Adam was cursed for his sin, it was also punished for its sin." One might wonder why there is a need to connect the earth's sin with that of Adam, so that the punishment of Adam includes that of the earth.

Rav Kook (Orot Hakodesh, III, p. 140) explains: "The sin of Adam HaRishon involved his alienation from himself, that he turned to the snake's opinion and lost himself, and did not know how to answer the question of 'where are you?' because he did not know his soul, since he had lost true selfhood." The reference is to a "fake" person, who does not live his true selfhood, who does not reveal the Divine ideal in practice.

The sin of the land is similar. "The land sinned, denied its self, narrowed its strength, followed various aims and purposes, looked away from Hashem." This means that if the land was capable of expressing itself, the taste of the tree would not have lacked anything. The land was also "fake," it followed its own aims, and therefore did not express itself. The sin of the land and the sin of Adam made the entire world fake, with a superficial life that lacks the internal perspective. The root of their sin was similar and therefore the land was cursed along with Adam's curse.

After Adam and Chava ate from the Tree of Knowledge it states: "And the eyes of them both were opened and they knew that they were naked, and they sewed fig-leaves and made for themselves belts" (iii, 7). Adam answered Hakadosh Baruch Hu's question, "Where are you?" as follows: "And he said: 'I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was scared for I was naked, and I hid'" (iii, 10). Why are they only ashamed after the sin, and why does he only then hide from Hakadosh Baruch Hu? Because before the sin [chet] (=missing [hachta'at] the target), Adam lived a more complete life. The body is also Divine, not just the soul, and there is therefore no need to hide the body. After the sin, however, the Divine light can be discerned only in the soul, while in the body it is hidden. The body appears as a material existence that has no Divine light, and therefore it must be covered. Before the sin the body itself functioned as clothing for the soul, but after the sin the body hides the soul. The clothes that we wear enable us to address our spiritual aspects rather than focusing on our external, bodily aspects. We are obliged to correct the sin of the land and the sin of Adam. We are required to bring all reality to the same original purpose that Hakadosh Baruch Hu intended at the foundation of creation. The path towards this depends on the internal perspective. If we reflect on the Divine aspect of life and being, and we reject the outer glamour of the body and materiality by living a modest life, we will merit seeing the true splendor of the world, the Divine splendor

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Please Say Yes to Abba Yahweh and His Laws.
It is written in the Koran:
‘1. Surah Al-Fatihah:
1. In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
2. All the praises and thanks are to Allah, the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists). 
3. The Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
4. The Only Owner (and the Only Ruling Judge) of the Day of Recompense (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)
5. You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help (for each and everything).
6. Guide us to the Straight Way
7. The Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace, not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger (such as the Jews), nor of those who went astray (such as the Christians).

This is the 'start' in the Koran......
For more, what the Koran is teaching about: ‘Muslims Hate Jews, Christians all other faiths’ ‘Their Guide Book says to kill, behead and burn all non-believers’ click:
Index of The Quran (Satanic Verses of violence to us)
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Please read the Mitzvoth go to: Positive Commandments and the Negative Commandments), easy to read. It is very important to know them. I don’t ask you this to become a good Jew! But to learn who you really are. That you can find your real identity.  In a good understanding of the rest of The Scriptures. And that you understand that Rabbi Shaul is talking to a real Israel,

1Co 10:1  I do not want you to be without da'as (knowledge), Achim (brothers) b(in) 'Moshiach, that Avoteinu (our fore Fathers, you Yehudah and Ephraim! Nobody else.) all were under the anan (cloud),

(‘Achim (brothers) b(in)Moshiach are Yehudah and Ephraim who were all under the anan (cloud). The seed (literal) of Abraham, Yitzhak and Ya’acob) read it for yourself :)

Exo 13:21 And Yahweh went before them (Yehudah and Ephraim -Israel) by day in an ammud anan (‘Pillar of a cloud), to guide them haderech (the Way); and by lailah (night) in an ammud eish (‘Pillar of fire), to give them ohr (light); so they could travel yomam valailah (day or night);
Exo 13:22 He took not away the amud heanan (‘Pillar of a cloud) by day, nor the ammud haeish (‘Pillar of fire) by night, from before HaAm (the people, Yehudah and Ephraim) and passed through the sea.
Exo 14:22 And the Bnei Yisroel (Yehudah and Ephraim) then went into the middle of the yam (sea) upon the yabashah (dry land); and the mayim (waters) were a chomah (wall) unto them on their right, and on their left.
Exo 14:23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the middle of the yam (sea), even kol sus (all horses) Pharaoh, his chariots, and his parash (rider).
Exo 14:24 So it came to pass, that when came the watch of the boker (morning), Yahweh looked down on the machaneh Mitzrayim (camp of Egypt) through the ammud eish (pillar of fire) and of the anan (cloud), and caused confusion over the machaneh Mitzrayim (camp of Egypt),
Exo 14:25 And turned awry their chariot wheels, that they drove them with difficulty; so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the presence of Yisroel (really when Yehudah and Ephraim where together, not like today); because Yahweh fighting for them against the Egyptians,
So let we further listen what Rabbi Shaul has really to say:)
1Co 10:2  And all into Moshe Rabbenu were given tevilah (a ‘mikwah’ immersed) in the anan (cloud) and in the sea,
1Co 10:3  And all of the same spiritual okhel (food) ate [SHEMOT 16:4,35; DEVARIM 8:3; TEHILLIM 78:24-29],
1Co 10:4  And all of the same spiritual drink drank, for they were drinking from a spiritual TZUR (Rock) following them [SHEMOT 17:6; BAMIDBAR 20:11; TEHILLIM 78:15; 105:41], and that TZUR was Moshiach (Yeshuah – Yeshuah Yahweh).

And now one of our neviim:

Hab 1:1  The message which the prophet Ḥaḇaqquq saw.
Hab 1:2  O יהוה, till when shall I cry, and You not hear? I cry to You, “Violence!” and You do not save.
Hab 1:3  Why do You show me wickedness, and cause me to see perversity? For ruin and violence are before me. And there is strife, and contention arises.
Hab 1:4  Therefore the Torah ceases, and right-ruling never goes forth. For the wrong hem in the righteous, so that right-ruling comes out twisted.
Hab 1:5  “Look among the nations and see, and be amazed, be amazed! For a work is being wrought in your days which you would not believe if it were told.
Hab 1:6  “See, I am raising up the Chaldeans, a bitter and hasty nation, who is going through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
Hab 1:7  “They are frightening and fearsome, their right-ruling and their exaltation proceed from themselves.
Hab 1:8  “Their horses shall be swifter than leopards, and more fierce than evening wolves. And their horsemen shall charge ahead, and their horsemen come from afar. They fly as the eagle, rushing to eat.
Hab 1:9  “All of them come for violence, the direction of their faces is like the east wind, and they gather captives like sand.
Hab 1:10  “And they scoff at sovereigns, and princes are a laughing matter to them. They laugh at every stronghold, for they pile up earth and seize it.
Hab 1:11  “Then shall he pass on as a wind, and transgress and be guilty, and ascribe this power to his mighty one.”
Hab 1:12  Are You not from everlasting, O יהוה my Elohim, my Set-apart One? You do not die! O יהוה, You have appointed them for right-ruling, O Rock, You have established them for reproof.


Hab 2:3  For the chazon (vision) is yet for a mo’ed (an appointed time); it speaks of HaKetz (the End), and does not lie; though it tarry, wait for him

Moshiach— see: Sanhedrin 97b,
It has been taught; R. Nathan said: This verse pierces and descends to the very abyss:11  For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though he tarry, wait for him; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.1211 For the Vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though he tarry, wait for him (Moshiach); because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
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]; because he (Moshiach) will surely come, and will not tarry.

(11) Just as the bottom of an abyss cannot be reached, so is it impossible to grasp the full purport of this verse (Rashi).
(12)
Hab. II, 3.

Believe…..
Hab 2:4  Hinei (behold), his nashamah (soul) which is puffed up is not upright in him; but the tzaddik (righteous) shall live by his emunah (believe).  

Through Moshiach, Yeshuah from Yahweh who give you emunah (believe)…..

Gen 15:6 And he believed in Yahweh; and He credited emunah (faith)] to him as tzedakah (righteousness).

Please read the whole book of HaNavi Habakuk?

The Koran teaches us that you have to die…….

 But, please Yudah (Jews) and Ephraim (most Christians) Listen to His Voice:
Hab 1:12  Art thou not mikedem 
 (‘everlasting’ also said of Moshiach, indicating Moshiach’s eternal divine nature: Dan 7:14  And there was given Him (Moshiach) dominion, and honor, and sovereignty, that all people, Goyim, tongues, should pey-lammed-chet. [1] (worship as deity) (see Dan 3:12, serve, reverence as deity Him (Moshiach). His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His (Messianic) Kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.] see Michah 5:1[2];)  
Yahweh Elohai (my Elohim) Kedoshi (my Holy One)? We shall not die. Yahweh, Thou hast appointed them (these Chaldean) for mishpat (ordinance); O Tzur (Rock), Thou hast ordained them (these Chaldean) for reproof.
Maran Rabbeinu Yeshuah and Rabbeinu Shaul are teaching that you, Yehudah and Ephraim all Israel, come together to the same point as where you were when you said:

Deu 5:27 Go thou near, and hear all that Yahweh Eloheinu (our Elohim) shall say; and speak thou unto us all that Yahweh Eloheinu shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.

But don’t ‘make’ from one of them Rabbeinu Yeshuah, Rabbeinu Shaul or Rabbeinu Mosheh another ‘mighty one’ but accept them in your live for what they really are….

Please take it serious what Abba Yahweh is telling us in:

Deu 18:15 Yahweh Eloheicha (your Elohim) will raise up unto thee a Navi (prophet) from among thee, of thy achim (bretheren), kamoni (like me..... 
 Exo 32:30  The next day Moshe said to the people, "You have committed a terrible sin. Now I will go up to Yahweh; maybe I will be able to atone for your sin."); unto him ye must listen;
Deu 18:16 According to all that thou desired of Yahweh Eloheicha (your Elohimin) Chorev (to be burnt dried up, ruined, wasted) in the Yom HaKahal (day of the congregation), saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Yahweh Elohav (your Elohim), neither let me see this eish hagedolah (‘great fire’) any more, that I die not.
Deu 18:17 And Yahweh said unto me, They have well-spoken that which they have spoken.
Deu 18:18 I will raise them up a Navi (prophet) from among their achim (brethren), like unto thee, and will put My words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

Joh 10:18  No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have samchut (authority) to lay it down, and I have samchut to receive it again. This mitzvah I received from HaAv (the Father).
Deu 18:19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not listen unto My words which he shall speak Bishmi (in My Name), I will require it of him.

Joh 8:28  Therefore, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, When you perform the hagbah (lifting up) of the Ben HaAdam, you will have da'as (knowledge) that Ani Hu [YESHAYAH 41:4; SHEMOT 3:14-16], and from myself I do nothing, but as HaAv (the Father) of me taught me, these things I speak.

Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiah Yeshuah – is Yeshuah Yahweh. Like it is said in:

Gen_49:18 I have waited for Thy Yeshuah (Salvation), Yahweh.
Exo_15:2 Yahweh is my oz and zimrah (song of praise), and He is become to me Yeshuah (salvation); He is Eli (my Elohim), and I will praise Him; Elohei Avi (the Elohim of my Father), and I will exalt Him.

And not a half-god, or another mighty-one who came between HaShem and us! (Not, ‘It Suph’!) I believe many of us (Jews and Ephraimites!) have to learn that!
 [1] Dictionary of the Talmud. M. Jastrow p. 1178 פלח
Please let us come together in Prayer (by singing/praying The Song of Moshe and The Song of The Lamb) and Teshuvah in the Love of Yeshuath YHWH. Yehudah, Ephraim and all 'the called out ones',
Until comes in fulfillment,

Zec 12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David (The whole House of Israel, Jews and Ephraim), and upon the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourned for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

Isa 11:13 And the envy of Ephrayim shall turn aside, and the adversaries of Yehu
dah be cut off. Ephrayim shall not envy Yehudah, and Yehudah not trouble Ephrayim.
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