my_torah

 I always love this time of year when at Simchat Torah we read the last verses of the Torah and then we roll the scroll all the way back and start again, from the beginning.

And the beginning has simplicity, naivety, mystery:

"In the beginning, Elohim created space and matter."
א  בְּרֵאשִׁית, בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים, אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם, וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ.

"And matter was chasm and plasm, with darkness upon the face of the deep, and the spirit of Elohim hovered over the face the the waters."
ב  וְהָאָרֶץ, הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ, וְחֹשֶׁךְ, עַל-פְּנֵי תְהוֹם; וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים, מְרַחֶפֶת עַל-פְּנֵי הַמָּיִם.

And Elohim said 'Let there be Light'  and there was Light."
ג  וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, יְהִי אוֹר; וַיְהִי-אוֹר.

"And Elohim saw the Light, that it was good; and Elohim made a distinction between the Light and the Darkness."
ד  וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת-הָאוֹר, כִּי-טוֹב; וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים, בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹשֶׁךְ.

And the Light he called 'Day' while the darkness he called 'Night'. And it was evening an it was morning. Day One.
ה  וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָאוֹר יוֹם, וְלַחֹשֶׁךְ קָרָא לָיְלָה; וַיְהִי-עֶרֶב וַיְהִי-בֹקֶר, יוֹם אֶחָד.