“In the beginning G-d created the heavens and the earth” (Bereishis 1:1)
Bereishis. Something inside me quickens inside that simple woman who doesn’t go to shul on Shabbos who instead cuts up a salad sets the table and feeds the baby while struggling to also daven Shacharis. Oh how I wish I could also go hear the Torah’s first parshah.
If only I could sit with a Chumash in my hand listening to the description of first day of creation and the second and the third … the familiar words that give me such strength.
$c$When a person wakes in the morning and opens his eyes he sees a beautiful world full of light with everything a person could possibly need ready for the taking.
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