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e’ve turned to,
God did in the verses of these
literally, the begin-
chapters.
ning. The begin-
Or, maybe we have, for
ning of Torah with the Book
here is what I witnessed at
of Genesis and the beginning
a local grocery story. The
of our world with the story of
cashier was clearly having
Creation.
a rough day. Her body lan-
Rabbi Daniel
Following the story of
guage was screaming out, “I
Schwartz
Creation, we continue to
can’t wait until this shift is
read about Adam and Eve —
over.” The woman in front
Parshat
their lives in the garden of
of me must have noticed the
Bereshit:
Eden, eating from the Tree of
same thing and set out to
Genesis:
Knowledge and their punish-
change that. She pointed to
1:1-6:8;
ments. The stories continue
the cashier’s name tag and
Isaiah
as we learn about Cain and
asked, “How do you pro-
42:5-43:10.
Abel, Adam’s family tree and,
nounce your name?” The
finally, the plot is developed
cashier answered, and the
for Noah’s ark.
woman responded, “What a
Just as we have done for thou-
beautiful name!”
sands of years, we read these same
Everyone in line saw the immedi-
stories again, knowing that because
ate impact — the cashier smiled; her
of life’s experiences and new devel-
eyes opened wider, and she stood
opments, we will glean something
taller. She even picked up the pace
new.
of scanning items. It amazed me the
That is precisely what happened
power that just a few words could
this year. Because, just a couple
have — “What a beautiful name!”
weeks ago, it was announced that a
Four simple words; and yet they
group of scientists, who have been
were enough to create a new feeling
working for decades, finally discov-
for our cashier to brighten her day.
ered a way to create the world in
Like God in this week’s portion
the exact same manner God did —
and the woman in front of me at the
through words and speech.
store demonstrate, our words have
At a recent press conference, they
the power to create.
announced, “We can create living
Words have the ability to lift
forms the same way God did and we others up and do good, or they can
will demonstrate it for you now.”
cause pain. They can help us heal or
With that, one of the scientists
they can tear us apart.
put on a pair of safety goggles and
My hope in this new year is that
gloves. He picked up a spade of dirt
we all strive to use our words to
and dropped it into a dish. All of a
create good. That we use them to lift
sudden, a booming voice from the
each other up. And that through our
heavens came down and said, “Uh,
words, we help bring a little more
uh, uhhh. Get your own dirt!”
peace into our world. ■
Well, I guess we’re not there yet.
Rabbi Daniel A. Schwartz is a rabbi at Temple
We haven’t mastered the actual
Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield.
ability to create through speech as