Beit Midrash
- Sections
- Chemdat Yamim
- Ein Ayah
All agree that "bara" refers to a creation in the past. Where they argue is referring to borei. Beit Shmmai understands that this refers to the future [and should not be used]; Beit Hillel reasons that it also relates to the past.
Ein Ayah: All agree that within the framework of berachot that refer to creation, they should be recited in the past tense. It is true that the world is being constantly recreated, so to speak, by its continued existence, as the pasuk says: "For He makes great luminous bodies, for His grace is eternal" (Tehillim 136:7). We also say in davening: "He renews in His goodness everyday, always, the products of genesis." However, the main obligation is to clarify that there is no change in His knowledge and His will. Therefore, regarding the same matters that we would talk about in relation to man in the future or present, we talk about in regard to Hashem in the past tense. Therefore, the language we use in our berachot is that which refers primarily to the past.
Truth is Inside-Out But Justice: Outside-In
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Adar 5783
"Various Levels of Bad & Their Exact Judgement"
(Ein Aya Shabbat Shabbat 5, 29)
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tammuz 5783
Every Possible Negative Thought to Curse
based on Ein Ayah, Shabbat 12:58
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Tishrei 5 5780
The Placement of Yihiyu L’Ratzon
Various Rabbis | Adar 5769
Various Rabbis
Various Rabbis including those of of Yeshivat Bet El, such as Rabbi Chaim Katz, Rabbi Binyamin Bamberger and Rabbi Yitzchak Greenblat and others.
Altercation with a Photographer – part I
Tammuz 9 5777
“By their Families and the Household of their Fathers”
2 Sivan 5770
Moreshet Shaul: A Crown and its Scepter – part II
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 294-5
Av 5785
