Parsha Bereisheet Chasidic Torah thought from Lubavitcher Rebbe by: Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz

Welcome to this week's Torah lesson. This week's Torah portion is parshas Bereishis. The question of the week is, why did God specifically have to use the 10 utterances, asara ma'amarot, to create the world? So, in this week's Torah portion, it says, "Bereishis bara Elokim es hashamaim v'es ha'aretz." In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. And it's brought down, it says, "Bereishis." Why beis reishis? Cuz there were two beginnings. There was the beginning of the Jewish people and the beginning of the Torah. It means the Torah already existed 2,000 years before the world was created. And God looked into the Torah to create the world. So, the Rebbe asks a simple question, if God looked into the Torah to create the world, why did he have to say the utterances, the asara ma'amarot, and 32 times God's name, Elokim, in the beginning of Bereishis? And the Rebbe explains something very, very powerful, which will answer the question why God specifically had to use the 10 utterances. Yes, God could have looked into the Torah and the world would've been created, but it would've been a spiritual world. The goal was to create a materialistic, physical world that God is concealed. And we, us human beings, will have to search out for God and make this physical world a dwelling place for God. So, had God not used the 10 utterances, God would have been revealed in the world, but the goal was that God should be concealed and we should come into the world, like it says, "L'ma'aseh yadecha tichsaf." God desires A, our work, which is coming from a place of a struggle cuz God's concealed, and B, transforming the physical world into a godly place. So, to answer the question, why the 10 utterances? The 10 utterances are physical world words that make godliness revealed in the concealed world. And that's ultimately where God gets the greatest desire. Thanks so much for joining us for our weekly Torah lesson. This week's Torah lesson dedicated to the memory of Baruch ben Aryeh Leib, ben Yosef Rachamim asleep on Simchas Torah. May the heavenly Father bless >> May the souls be elevated with Torah we're studying in memory. For more information, please see our website chabadsouthwest.org. Have a great and blessed week. Have a great and blessed week. Have a great and blessed week. Have a great