Adam HaRishon / Creation / Elul / Rosh Hashana / World

Happy Birthday, World !

The Big Bang Photo: NASA B”H Tonight and tomorrow is the 25th Elul; the day when G – d started His Creation process. So, now we are celebrating the birthday of the world. 🙂 As many readers may know, Rosh HaShana represents the Creation of the first two humans – Adam and Eve (Chava) but … Continue reading

Adam HaRishon / Elul / Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz / Rosh Hashana

Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz on the month of ELUL

B”H This year, the Jewish month of ELUL is starting on August 11 and 12. The month of ELUL precedes the month of Tishre’i. And on Tishre’i 1, the Jewish world celebrates Rosh Hashana (the Jewish new year). G – d judges all humankind and the entire universe. Jews and Gentiles alike. Yom Kippur, on … Continue reading

Adam HaRishon / G - d / Jewish Concepts

Where is the FREE WILL when G-d knows everything?

B”H A few days ago I wrote that G-d never changes and his level of knowledge always remains the same: https://meashearim.wordpress.com/2015/11/17/g-ds-knowledge-never-changes/ Someone sent me a comment asking how our FREE WILL fits into this concept. Do we have FREE WILL at all or is it just an illusion. The answer is that there is no … Continue reading

Adam HaRishon / Aggadot / Talmud

Talmud Avodah Zarah 8a: “Adam HaRishon and his fear when the days shortened”

B”H Adam HaRishon was created in the Jewish month of Tishrei (end of September / beginning of October). Meaning, the winter was right around the corner. The Talmud Tractate Avodah Zarah (Idol-worship) 8a teaches that when Adam experienced his first winter and saw the duration of each daytime gradually decreasing, he got very scared. He … Continue reading

Adam HaRishon / Astronomy / Creation / Kabbalah / Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan / Science / World

Creation & Purpose of Creation – The Curiosity of Mankind

B”H Honestly, doesn’t it drive us nuts ! There are plenty of books and ideas about the Creation of the universe, our world and us. G – d created everything but we just don’t find the answer to the HOW and Why. Scientists come up with all kinds of scientific explanations and formulas but scientists … Continue reading

Adam HaRishon / Chassidut Chabad / Rosh Chodesh / Shem MiShmuel

Rosh Chodesh TAMMUZ – ראש חודש תמוז

Photo: Shiratdevorah B”H Today and tomorrow, the Jewish world is celebrating the beginning of a new month: Rosh Chodesh TAMMUZ. As I have mentioned countless times before, the beginning of a new Jewish month also stands for a new beginning in life. Or at least could stand for it when people are ready to change. … Continue reading

Adam HaRishon / Creation / G - d / Rambam / Torah Parasha

The RAMBAM on Parashat BERESHIT

Photo: Miriam Woelke   B”H Yesterday was SHABBAT BERESHIT where we started a new Torah cycle. Parashat Bereshit tells us about Adam HaRishon and his wife Eve (Chava) until the birth of Noach. Furthermore, Parashat Bereschit teaches us how G – d created the world and every living being on our planet. Surprisingly, the Torah … Continue reading