Musings from Students of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem
Posted on December 16, 2010 by Avi Strausberg
on the closing of beresheit, the first book, and the opening of shmot, the second, i wanted to put side-by-side two haikus. the one through which i opened beresheit and one to reflect on the story of what’s been told. we’ve come along way in a few months. from the darkness and the divisions of Continue Reading »
Posted on November 10, 2010 by Jean
When God began to create… darkness was over the surface of the deep… God said ‘Let there be light…’ God separated light from darkness. (Genesis 1:1) Rav Meir suggested that water and darkness are realms of the Divine. They were contracted to make a place where humans could thrive. The darkness is “an entity to Continue Reading »
