Shnayim Yomi - Bereshit - Rishon - #1 - Rabbi Joey Haber - Middos From the Very Beginning

It's incredibly exciting to start the Torah again. And I feel like there's a freshness in this time of year. We're starting the winter season. We're getting ready to go and ready to roll and setting up our routine for the year. And we start with safer Bereishit. And we Everyone knows if there's any famous aliyah, it's this one. The first day of creation, Hashem made light and darkness. On the second day of creation, he made the heavens and he made the waters of the earth. On the third day of creation, he separated the land and made grass and trees grow. On the fourth day, he made the stars, the sun, and the moon. On the fifth day, Hashem created the birds and the fish. And on the sixth day, he obviously created all of the animals and then he created man. And on the seventh day, he created Shabbat. That's how aliyah. But in this aliyah, there's an incredible lesson of how life is meant to be lived. Hashem says the words when he's about to create man, "Na'aseh Adam." Let us make man. And Rashi famously says that what Hashem did is he went to get advice from the angels. Even though obviously the angels, he didn't need their advice, he went to get the advice of the angels. And Hashem says it teaches us something. That even though this yesh makom l'minim l'doyos, there's a place right here for someone to create some heresy, some apikorsus, to think that Hashem needed the help of the angels. Hashem doesn't care. The Torah wants to teach us derech eretz, that you seek the advice of others. I have a huge question. You're you're That's what a crazy risk. If we're going to teach about the fact that someone should be humble and seek the advice of others others, put it in some lesson somewhere in the middle of the Torah. Why do I have to put it right here when it's going to imply that Hashem needs help? And it's going to create almost a place for apikorsus. Why would Hashem take that risk? The answer is Hashem wants us to learn that lesson, and he needs us to learn the lesson now at this spot because he needs us to understand that in our creation we need to have the proper me dot at the proper attitude literally from when we're born. When man was created as I said I'm going to infuse you with the humility that sets up your whole life. So I could teach you some lesson of humility in the middle of Parashat Vayetzei but it wouldn't do the trick. Hashem wants us to learn it here as we're created to make us understand that in order to live life the way it's intended to be lived, the way you were created to live, you need to be humble.