Oct 9, 2026 · 9 min · 8 segments
We begin the Torah again this Shabbat, beginning the book of Bereishis (Genesis), with the parsha that tells us WHO and WHAT we are! Yes, we are "dualistic," folks, we are the utterly unique being in…
Yosef EdelsteinHost
We are the unique being, or becoming we could say, right? In all of creation that combines physical and spiritual.
[chuckles] "And Hashem God formed the man, Adam." That's the word for a human being, not a gendered man.
"And Hashem God formed ha-adam, the man, from aper min ha-adama, from dust from the ground, and he blew into his nostrils nishmat chayim," the, the breath of life, a neshamah.
We pay a lot of attention to our body, indeed we need to in this physical world.
But the essence of who we are is really that spiritual aspect that we call the neshamah.
But that is it-- Really, I, I should just say like, "Good Shabbos" and stop talking now.
But that alone is worth the whole price of, not the Book of Genesis, but at least our little time together.
We are the unique being, or becoming we could say, right? In all of creation that combines physical and spiritual.
[chuckles] "And Hashem God formed the man, Adam." That's the word for a human being, not a gendered man.
"And Hashem God formed ha-adam, the man, from aper min ha-adama, from dust from the ground, and he blew into his nostrils nishmat chayim," the, the breath of life, a neshamah.
We pay a lot of attention to our body, indeed we need to in this physical world.
But the essence of who we are is really that spiritual aspect that we call the neshamah.
But that is it-- Really, I, I should just say like, "Good Shabbos" and stop talking now.
But that alone is worth the whole price of, not the Book of Genesis, but at least our little time together.
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