31:15 The answer to your question is simple, though it has many layers of commentary. Hashem looked into the written Torah and used it as a blueprint to create the world, much like an architect uses a plan to build a structure. All wisdom-whether the Oral Torah, Kabbalah, or other teachings-comes from the depths of the written Torah. Everything is found within it: events, people, even your name and life, though understanding this requires great knowledge. As it says, “There is nothing new under the sun,” and the Torah contains everything. This is the simple answer. Midrashic and Kabbalistic sources. The primary reference is found in the Midrash Rabbah on Bereishit (Genesis 1:1): “God looked into the Torah and created the world.” (Bereishit Rabbah 1:1) This Midrash explains that the Torah served as the plan or blueprint for all of creation, just as an architect uses a blueprint to build a structure. Additionally, the Zohar elaborates on this concept, stating: “The Holy One, blessed be He, looked into the Torah and created the world, and a person who looks into it sustains the world.” (Zohar II, 161a) This teaching highlights the Torah’s foundational role not only in creation but also in the continued existence and spiritual structure of the world. These sources convey that the Torah is not just a book of laws and stories but the very essence and framework of creation itself.
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31:15 The answer to your question is simple, though it has many layers of commentary. Hashem looked into the written Torah and used it as a blueprint to create the world, much like an architect uses a plan to build a structure.
All wisdom-whether the Oral Torah, Kabbalah, or other teachings-comes from the depths of the written Torah. Everything is found within it: events, people, even your name and life, though understanding this requires great knowledge. As it says, “There is nothing new under the sun,” and the Torah contains everything. This is the simple answer.
Midrashic and Kabbalistic sources. The primary reference is found in the Midrash Rabbah on Bereishit (Genesis 1:1):
“God looked into the Torah and created the world.”
(Bereishit Rabbah 1:1)
This Midrash explains that the Torah served as the plan or blueprint for all of creation, just as an architect uses a blueprint to build a structure.
Additionally, the Zohar elaborates on this concept, stating:
“The Holy One, blessed be He, looked into the Torah and created the world, and a person who looks into it sustains the world.”
(Zohar II, 161a)
This teaching highlights the Torah’s foundational role not only in creation but also in the continued existence and spiritual structure of the world.
These sources convey that the Torah is not just a book of laws and stories but the very essence and framework of creation itself.
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