WELCOMING SHABBAT

SHABBAT IS MORE THAN A DAY OF REFRAINING FROM WORDLY ACTIVITY 
WHEN EXPERIENCED IN ITS SPIRITUAL FULLEST, ITS HOLINESS ENGLIGHTENS ALL OTHER DAYS OF THE WEEK
WE INVITE YOU TO ENHANCE YOUR SHABBAT WITH THESE WORDS OF TORAH 

Parashat Vaera: The Ten Plagues and Creation

by Bigman, Rabbi David

“Each of the ten plagues delivered upon Egypt corresponds to one of [the] ten ‘Ma’amarot’ -pronouncements – [which G-d used to create the world]… What is the meaning behind this correspondence?

The Seror Ha’mor explains that the purpose was to show…that G-d created the world and exerts complete control and authority over it… Pharaoh and the Egyptians denied the existence of a single G-d who created the world, and so G-d proved them wrong by reversing the process of creation, undoing and then restoring each of the ten pronouncements with which the world came into existence.”

 

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