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Parshas Bereishis: An Original Insight in the Very First Rashi on Chumash

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I would like to share a revolutionary Insight in the very first rash Rashi famously Begins the T should have began with the very first mitvah that was commanded namely why does it begin with that the nations of the world say we're occupiers we're colonizing the land you conquered the land of the Seven Nations we say the whole world belongs to God barous bar like him he created the world he created it he gave it to he wanted he gave it to you and he took it away and he gave it to us the very first Rashi and every year we read this Rashi and it's even more relevant as the years go by could there be a more relevant opening message of the tah than Who is the rightful owner of the land of Israel however there's an obvious question on this Rashi my dear friend Yakov David showed me from the it's also in the Shu ofua the obvious question is there's if you give someone a gift you can't retract you can't take it away if you give someone a pen you can't wake up the next day and say you know I don't like how you're using it I'm going to take it back back you can't be on a gift so it's very nice God created the world but if he gave it to the nations of the world then it's theirs despite the fact that they're not using it for the right reasons Hashem didn't give it to them Al so then how could he retract the gift what do Rashi even mean that this is an answer to the nations of the world who when they say we're occupying their land we say God created the world he gave it to he wants and now he takes it away but once you give a gift you can't take it away so this is not a good way to respond to the nations of the world but the answer is it says in not that you did give life to everything but you currently give life to everything you see an artisan of flesh and blood when he builds a building or he creates a CLE the building or the CLE no longer needs the Builder or The Artisan butes created the world and the world is dependent on him every moment if for a moment God would remove his even for a millisecond the world the EM would cease to exist like it says in the beginning of if God would retract his life for giving Force for a moment it would cease to exist this is the meaning of the strength of his a otherwise what does Rashi mean the strength of his actions what's the strength of his actions what rash is saying is that the response to the nations of the world is when they say we're occupying their land so we say look God gave it to you but God creates the world every moment so in order for you to have it Hashem has to create it and constantly give it to you something that was created and give in you can't retract something that is created every moment well every moment God will decide who it belongs to this important Insight in tarashi and how he addressed the nations of the world who say that we're occupying their land and the answer is well God gave it to you but he no longer gives it to you we always understand well this is like a political rashi rashi is telling us who the rightful owner of Earth is is but it's much deeper than that it's much more profound than that and this revolutionizes our understanding of the very first rash because now this is not just words of politics of who owns which is important enough but it's giving us a deep insight into the very meaning and the fundamental meaning of what does it mean barous barim what does it mean God created the world Rashi is not just giving us insight into who the rightful owner of is is rash is giving us insight into the meaning of creation creation doesn't mean God created and then he lets it run creation means a constant God is constantly being so the comments of Rashi are not just giving us insight into how we respond to the nations of the world it's much more than that Rashi is explaining to us the very mechanics of Bri I'm wishing everyone a wonderful day got