Living Midrash: Bereishis Rabbah 1:2 - This is My world

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May 09 2012
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Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Machshava:
Israel 
Nach:
Tehillim 
Parsha:
Bereishit 

Collections: Rabbi Torczyner Living Midrash

References: Bereishit Rabbah: 1:2  

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Second in a series on Bereishit Rabbah: The midrashic explanation of Tehillim 111:6, viewing that sentence as a response to the question of why the Torah includes the story of Creation, and its details. Further, the different approaches of Rashi and Ramban to explain this midrash and a linked midrash in Yalkut Shimoni.

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