Friday, 28 October 2016

Parashas Bereishis

Our Parsha this Shabbos is Parashas Bereishis.We have just completed the year's reading of the Torah and now, we start again at the Beginning of the Torah . 
The Beginning continues from the end and the end is a return to the Beginning.As Shlomo HaMelech said in Kohellet, "What has been , will again be and What is done ,is that which shall be done," so, What is, is what has already been. HaShem patiently sits and waits ,making the World New for us every day , hoping we will do as we are supposed to do . 
But what was HaShem's idea in the Beginning?What was it that HaShem Wanted, in Creating Creation . So many have offered thoughts on this very question . If I had to ask you what you think, you too would come up with an interesting and intelligent answer. 
So why did HaShem Create Creation ? 
Truly speaking, only HaShem Truly Knows but we can get some idea by HaShem's own Torah Words at the Beginning of the Torah and the at the end of the Torah. 
The first verse of Torah starts by saying , " Bereishis Barah Elokim Eit Ha Shamaim Ve Eit Ha Aretz , " - " In the Beginning of HaShem's Creating the Heavens and the Earth ." These are the first words of Torah . The first word of the Torah is 'Bereishis.' This word starts with a Hebrew large letter 'Bet,' even though the first letter of the Hebrew Alef Beis - Alphabet - is an 'Alef.' So why did HaShem start it with a 'Beis?' This was to show that though it is the Beginning of Creation as we know it, the first letter 'Alef,' which often spells HaShem's Name, was before, as HaShem was before ,preceding the Creation of all things . Thus HaShem was alone before all things were Created,with no humans or anything else, for HaShem Alone Created them all . Thus the 'Alef,' that represents HaShem ,exists eternally and before all things and after all things . 
When HaShem Created Creation , HaShem started with a 'Beis' - a 'Bet,' - a 'Beit,' which is the same as the Hebrew word 'Beit,' which means 'House ,' for HaShem wants us to make Creation and all things physical , His House . Thus it is for us to make this World a Holy Place for G-D to be welcomed and to Dwell in , as HaShem's House .The moment we start going off the rails and following our own paths and the paths of those who stray away from Torah Ways , then we send HaShem a message of Chas Ve Shalom, Him not being welcome in the House He Made , that we spoil .This is also why it is so important to make a Brocha before we partake of things.When we make a Brocha of anything, we at that moment bring it's spiritual essence to HaShem , who made that physical thing we are blessing, at the beginning of Creation.HaShem knew we would need it now, even when He Created all things then at the beginning so when we make a Brocha,within the words of the Brocha to Him , we say the word 'Borei,' like the word "Barah' which means 'Create,' so that the thing we are Blessing that waited till now from Creation can finally fulfill its spiritual purpose in Creation. 
The people of this World come up with many ways they think is the path to enlightenment and even though they feel enlightened at the moment, after their meditative experience, their soul has not grown in Holiness for it is still not following the way of the Creator of Creation Who Knows all and Commands us in the true and right path that we must go.
Our Sages tell us that this Creation was not the first one , yet caution us not to look into these things but to trust HaShem now and do all we can to follow Him . The number of these Creations before , are also mentioned in the first word of Torah which is ' Bereishis,' for if we take the word 'Bereishis,' and look deeper into the same letters , we get the word ' Barah' and the letters 'Shin' and 'Yud,' separately, where 'Shin' is 300 in Gematriah and 'Yud' is 10 in Gematriah , so putting this with the word 'Barah,' we get 'Barah' 'Shin ' 'Yud' , which means ,'He , HaShem ' Created 310 others,' which refers to 310 other Creations . But as I said, it is better not to look into such things that are so far beyond us . We need to learn to first get this Gift of This Creation that G-D Gave us, to be a Holy One for HaShem . That starts with each and every one of us . 
HaShem is the Creator - The One And Only Creator , Who Creates all . HaShem is always Creating even while we sleep .This is not the first Creation and our Sages say it is to be the last one before the True Mashiach comes . So HaShem has been Creating all along , even before this Creation and we see this in the first three words of the Torah which are " Bereishis Barah Elokim," which literally means ,'In the Creating, G-D Created ,' showing that G-D was already Creating and then Created this Creation . 
The word "Elokim ," is HaShem's Attribute of "Justice ," which is how HaShem originally Created this Creation so that it would be a place to choose Good - 'Shamaim ,' over the negative physicality of 'Earth,' and so gain Heaven and also make Earth and its physicality to be lifted up to Heaven, by following HaShem . But HaShem Knew that we , as human beings make mistakes and so HaShem tempered His Justice with Mercy . The first verse of Torah has Seven Words in it which is Gematrically the same value as the Hebrew Word 'Mashiach,' showing that already at the Beginning, HaShem knew we would go wrong and Created the solution to the mistakes we make , by Making the era of Mashiach to help bring us home to HaShem . In every generation , is one born who can be Mashiach, a human being born of normal human parents that follows G-D Whole- Heartedly, but the time of Mashiach is hidden and depending on how many people keep G-D's Laws, so do those who don't, hold up Mashiach's time of arrival .Thus people who don't keep the Laws of the Torah , keep G-D away form coming close to us and ushering in the End Of Days . Though , if by a certain hidden time , people have not yet done what HaShem Awaits them to do, then HaShem Will Come either way, but it will be very painful for those who remain in their own ways and paths and ignore HaShem's Wishes , for HaShem's Wishes are Supreme for He Alone Knows what is needed. 
HaShem , in the very first verse of Torah , Created 'Ha Shamaim' and 'Ha Aretz ,' The Heavens and the Earth . We note the 'Ha,' before both, not just as the Hebrew word 'The' but to show that HaShem comes into Heaven and Earth. Thus even before the separate days of Creation , HaShem had already set the Heavens and the Earth as a Creation in an unready state with the potential to bring forth living seed . HaShem first Wrote the Hebrew Alphabet and with that , HaShem wrote the Torah , Two Thousand years before Creation , Writing it with Black Fire on White Fire and then HaShem looked into His Torah and Created the World , for all things are spelled with Hebrew letters . 
We also note that the word 'Shamaim' is in the plural. This is due to the fact that there are Seven Heavens (Levels) . 
So why did HaShem Create Creation. As I said, the possible answer to this is in the first word and words of the Torah and the first verse as well as the last verse and word of Torah. This is " Bereishis," at the beginning word of the Torah and the word 'Yisrael,' which is the word that is at the end of the Torah, which shows that HaShem Created a physicality also so that He could give Love . How do I get this? If we take the first letter of Torah which is a 'Bet/Vet,' and put it with the last letter of the last word of Torah , which is a 'Lamed' (for as I said in the beginning that the beginning is the end and the end is the beginning) , we get the word 'Lev' which means 'Heart,' wherein love exists, so from the beginning to the end of Torah, HaShem possibly Created Creation to Give Love .
There are so many secrets within each letter and word of Torah to still carry on discussing just this first verse of Torah, but hopefully what we talked of today , has helped you love HaShem more and I truly hope you realize how much HaShem loves you and now it is the start of a New Year , so I truly hope that you now make up your mind to love HaShem back in His Way and follow His Holy Torah True.
With sweet love to HaShem, I wish HaShem a beautiful Holy Shabbos Kodesh with love and to all of Creation, a beautiful and sweet Shabbos with love.

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