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#3 in a series of 7 Alignment of Gn01-01 and Gn02-04. The alignment implies the importance of allowing new personalities in the societal order and not to base everything on the establishment | |||
VERSE | PHRASE1 | PHRASE2 | |
Gn01-01c | DEITY | created Heaven and earth | |
Gn02-04 | DEITY GOD | created earth and heaven | |
Differs | *1 | *2 | |
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*1 There are two main names for God (The Tetragrammaton and the Hebrew word Elohim) Traditionally the Tetragrammaton is associated with running the world by MERCY while the word ELOHIM is associated with running the world by JUSTICE I would slightly modify these ideas as follows - The word ELOHIM (which also means JUDGE) refers to laws and personalities that ALREADY exist (The establishment) - The Tetragrammaton which comes from the root TO EXIST (H-Y-H) refers to letting new personalities come forward Thus the nuances of Gn01-01 vs Gn02-04 are as follows - God sought to create the world/prophecy using those people that already existed (The establishment ELOHIM) - But this did not work out--we always need new people and new ideas to maintain the world (TETRAGRAMMATON - GOD) *2 The same phrase *10 | |||
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*10 Note the order reversal (HEAVEN-EARTH vs EARTH-HEAVEN). A general Biblical principle (Developed elsewhere with other lists) is that LISTS of items with order reversals indicates that all items in the list are equally important See http://www.Rashiyomi.com/nu27-01b.htm for a list of LISTS with and without order reversal. The symbolic interpretation of this equality of heaven and earth is intriguing*11 *11 The following philosophic insight was taught to me by the Rav--Rabbi Joseph Baer Soloveitchick ------------------------------------------------ Judaism places equal importance on the SPIRITUAL (heaven) and PHYSICAL (earth). As a simple example when we get up in the morning - we say the ASHER YAZAR blessing when we go to the bathroom - we say the ELOHAI NESHAMA blessing when we become aware of the restoration of our soul Thus we thank God equally for our physical (bathroom) and spiritual (awakening) |