Series: Five Minute Parsha

Venue: Yeshivat Har Etzion Yeshivat Har Etzion

Parsha:

Bereishit 

Collections: R' Freedman Rav Chaim Kanievsky at Your Shabbos Table

Description

When Bereishit tells us about Hashem resting on Shabbat, it adds the seemingly superfluous word of "la'asot." The Ta'ama Dikra (Rav Chaim Kanievsky) explains based on a midrash about Rabbi Akiva and Turnusrufus.