The Tree of Knowledge: The Gift of Choice

This week we begin reading the Torah again at the beginning... at the very beginning of creation, with parashat B’reishith. Just as we’ve been renewed and hopefully, as a result of our heartfelt and sincere repentance throughout the recently-concluded Days of Awe, we’ve been recreated as new beings beginning the new year with a fresh start; so too all of creation is now brought into existence, from nothing. Beginning again with parashat B’reishith is our chance to forget about everything we’ve ever known, and start fresh. The parasha describes the creation of the world in six days, and the history of mankind from Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden until the flood, when G-d destroyed His creation. But how do we understand the enigmatic, far-reaching episode of Adam and Eve’s eating from the Tree of Knowledge? The deepest truth is that the purpose of creation was for man to find G-d in a world of choice.

The Torah portion of B'reishith (Gen. 1:1 - 6:5) is read on Shabbat, Tishrei 29, 5781 - October 17, 2020
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Rabbi Chaim Richman
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