Questions about the creation of the world.
The creation of the world is outlined in the first Parsha in the Torah, Parshat B'reshit, in Sefer B'reshit, the first book of the Torah.
This tag is for questions about that time.
Questions tagged [creation]
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Does God continually (re)create the physical world?
1) Does God continually renew the physical world in the sense that if he didn't give direct input at any given moment it would disappear?
2) If the answer to #1 is that God does continually (re)create the physical world, does he do so for the parts…
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If God took away light but didn't create darkness what would it be like?
Did god create darkness or just light?
If he did create darkness, what is it?
Is it a certain substance ?
If god did create darkness then what would be if god took away light but didn't create darkness what would it be like?
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What’s the purpose of the celestial bodies?
The purpose of that which is beyond the Earth’s atmosphere is what I would like to be expounded. I’m familiar with Genesis chapter 1, (please hold your applause), and the reasons given there. But more specifically I want to know about the purpose…
user31874
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Lilit and Chavah
A neighbor asked me about there being a woman created before Chavah. The only Jewish source I could find was a paragraph in the Medrash of Ben Sirah about the creation of Lilit. Are there any other sources that discuss her?
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On the design of the current universe -- why did G-d let there be suffering in the world
PREAMBLE: I'm processing (thinking about) all the comments and will try to update the question shortly. Thanks.
A few weeks ago I was having a debate with born-again Christians (they were trying to convert me -- I'm not Jewish and am an atheist) and…
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How was the creation story captured/revealed exactly?
How were the first few pages of the creation story captured/revealed? That is, who first heard it or created it or was it revealed to, and in what detail was the first 7 days of creation laid out at first before it was written? Or was it written…
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What's a roadmap to origins positions among Jewish groups today?
Where are the lines drawn and where are the camps considered regarding origins questions? Are origins questions considered important matters, or is there something like a concern that too much arguing about the age of the universe is a Christian…
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Hashem created this world l'heitiv labriyos
so Hashem only does good, only wants to do good,...
so why arent we born in gan eiden?
answer: we shudnt feel stupid with getting things for granted...
people dont feel good that way, people like to get things they deserve, so hashem was nice, he…
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Does anyone explicitly say one may not believe in any type of evolution?
As seen in the answers to this Mi Yodea question, some Rabbis were fine with accepting at least some version of the theory of evolution. [A belief in God's involvement in the process seems to be a prerequisite.]
I am curious though, are there or…
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28 hour day during creation
As we can see in the article below, the original 6 days of creation were 28 hours long. Can anyone provide any more supporting info on this item? Maybe someone here has info from hebrew seforim that are not in english online.
Google searches are not…
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Evolution of Humans in Torah
Is there anywhere in the Torah that mentions in detail any other types of humans (Neanderthals, homo erectus, etc..) and how they evolved, or any interactions?
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Why did God create a finite world only once?
As I know, our world is finite in both in space and time.
But God is infinite. Is there any known reason why He created a single, finite world only once in the Eternity?
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Creation and its process
Do any Jewish texts talk about how the creation of the Universe came about?
Did it all come out of nothing in a fraction of a second?
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Was all matter condensed to one small point and then everything sort of grew out of it?
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Were all the planets…
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Jewish sources that speak about general revelation
Are there any Jewish sources that speak about general revelation? General revelation means that God is revealed from nature or creation.
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Is God's creation a single event or a continuous process?
וְהָאָ֗רֶץ הָיְתָ֥ה תֹ֙הוּ֙ וָבֹ֔הוּ וְחֹ֖שֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י תְה֑וֹם וְר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים מְרַחֶ֖פֶת עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַמָּֽיִם׃
the earth being unformed and void, with darkness over the surface of the deep and a wind fromb God sweeping over the…
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