Rashi starts his commentary of the Torah with a question, Why did the Torah begin with the book of Genesis? Rashi answers by saying there will be a future time that the nations of world will call Israel "bandits," for stealing the land. The Jews then will reply that the world "belongs" to the Almighty. He "created the world," and He "gave us The Land."
This is a great and prophetic statement! The only problem is that:
1. Most of the Christian nations of the world do not believe in G-d. Their Biblical scriptures mean nothing to them.
2. The Muslims believe that the Bible is a falsification.
Proof is only good when it is presented to believers, otherwise it is just good commentary with no meaning. My other thoughts about this parsha is that this is a great outline of human vices and sins. There is no fear of the heavens. Man (and woman) did not even wait 1 day before committing the ultimate sin. They were created on a Friday, and before Shabbat...oops! To make matters worse, neither showed too much remorse, and like Obama, found others to blame. Later in this chapter, there was violence and dispersions. One day went bad, and the future thousands of years did not go much better. The year just started, keep clean, and make this a better year!
Saturday, October 2, 2010
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