The Academy of Jerusalem – Torah from Zion Project,
The New Israeli Genesis Exegesis(The Book of Genesis as a Redemptive Scenario and
Rebiographic Guide)
Exegesis for the Parashah of Bereshit (Gen 1:1 – 5:8)
FIRST PLEASE CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING FROM:
http://www.thehope.org/toreng1.htm
The following is an excerpt from the above referenced work:
A. The Place of the Book of Genesis in the Pentateuch, and the Pattern of the first Genesis Parashah-Portion. According to the teachings of later (Lurianic) Kabbalah, the whole of Being (HaWaYaH) is structured in a five-stratum pattern (each as if “below” the predecessor), which are called:
1. Adam Kadmon (Primordial Humanity),
2) Atziluth (Emanation or Divine Consistency),
3) Beri’ah (Creation),4) Yetsirah (Formation),
5) Assiyah (Making or Actuality).
Most of these names are gleaned from the prophetic verse (Isaiah 43:7), which details the work of Creation: “every one that is called by my name (and recall that Adam is the one who calls names – Gen. 2:20), for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him, yea I have made him”. Of all these strata, only the one – the fifth and lowest one – is capable of {being known by} sensory perception.
We see the Action, but not the processes of Formation, not the thought that brings about the planning, and not the whole array of forces – “The Nature” or haTeva, which has the gematric value (the sum of the numerical values associated with the letters that make up the Hebrew word under consideration) of 86, which is the gematric value of Elohim (the word for “God” in the Book of Genesis).
(It should be noted that the word Elohim is in the plural form, as a plurality of forces or “Laws of Nature”. This means that, in a certain sense, Elohim-God is identical to “The Nature”, as we shall discuss in the sequel).________________________________________________
WHY STUDY THE ACADEMY OF JERUSALEM TEXT ON BERESHITH? WE NEED, FOR EXAMPLE, TO HAVE SOME AWARENESS OF KABBALAH IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE EXPOSITION OF YASHANET ON THIS CHAPTER OF REVELATION. THE EXPOSITION OF YASHNET ON REVELATION CHAPTER 10 IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND.
SEE THE FOLLOWING LINK:
http://www.yashanet.com/studies/revstudy/text/r10_1-11.htm
Midrash Rabbah - Esther VII:18 - How many hosts are at My service, how many lightnings, how many thunders,’ as it says, The Lord thundered with a great thunder (X Sam. VII, 10); ' how many Seraphim and how many angels! But My might shall go forth and fight with thee...’
KEY POINTS FROM YASHANET'S EXPOSITION OF REVELATION CHAPTER 10:
- THE ANGEL'S CLOUD CLOAK IS THE SHEKINAH.
- THE SEA AND LAND THAT THE ANGEL STRADDLES ARE WORLDS ABOVE AND BELOW.
- THAT THE THUNDERS WILL BE HEARD ABOVE AS WELL AS BELOW MEANS GOD'S JUDGMENT IS RAPIDLY APPROACHING ITS FINAL PHASE.
- THAT THE ANGEL IS SAID TO COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN MEANS THAT IT IS FROM A LEVEL ABOVE (BERIAH), AN ARCHANGEL, MOST LIKELY MICHAEL, OFTEN CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE LORD HIMSELF, SPEAKING WITH A VOICE OF SEVEN THUNDERS.
- THERE IS A FINAL RECTIFICATION IN THE HEAVENLIES JUST PRIOR TO THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH. THIS IS INDICATED BOTH BY WHERE THE ANGEL IS LOCATED AND BY THE TRIPLE OATH THAT HE UTTERS.
- THAT THERE IS NO MORE DELAY HAS REFERENCE TO THE REVELATION COMING NOW FULLY TO THE GROUND LEVEL.
Ezekiel 3:12-13 - Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a great thunderous voice: "Blessed is the glory of the LORD from His place!" I also heard the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, and a great thunderous noise.
The following pertains to the above entry.
The Kabbalistic exegesis found on this site does not imply a competing interpretation of Genesis from the literal reading. It is built on the understanding given in the literal reading that in the beginning G-d created the heavens and the earth.
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Messianic teachings can clarify Jewish Kabbalistic teachings.
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