Quotation sobre Gênesis 1:39

The commandment of procreation: [Parshat] Bereshit has one positive commandment and that is the commandment of procreation, as it is stated (Genesis 1:28), "And God blessed them and told them to procreate."

The fact that man is created “in the image of God” is the basis of the Torah. The main character of “the image", is the complete freedom that we find in man by virtue of which he possess free will. And if there were no free will, there would be no place for Torah, as Maimonides writes in The Laws of Repentance. If so, then free will is the basis of the Torah from a practical perspective. If so, then the knowledge that man is "made in the image of God" comes to teach; that the complete perfect freedom will must exist in the true and perfect Being, may His name be blessed (Hashem), This is the intellectual basis of the entire Torah upon which all actions rest.

Rabbi Berachiah said: It is written (Gen. 1:2), "the earth being tohu (unformed) and bohu (void)." What is the meaning of the word "was" in this verse? This indicates that the tohu existed previously. What is tohu? Something that confounds (taha) people. What is bohu? It is something that has substance. This is the reason that it is called "bohu", that is, "bo hu" - "it is in it."

(20) Elohim said, Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth, in the open canopy of the heaven. (21) And thus Elohim created the great whales, and every living creature that creeps, with which the waters teem, of its kind, and every winged bird of its kind; and Elohim saw that it was good. (22) Elohim blessed them saying, Be fruitful and multiply, fill the waters of the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth. (23) Elohim blessed them saying, Be fruitful and multiply, fill the waters of the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.

Behold, it is very obvious to anyone who knows Torah, that the account of the works of creation in the Torah is presented in extreme brevity. The Sages said in Midrash Rabbah, “It is impossible to relate what happened at Creation to people of flesh and blood. Therefore Scripture concealed it by beginning with 'In the beginning did God create'.” The basis of this statement is that the Torah only relates that which is relevant to our planet, and even then, only those matters that would be understood as having an ethical aspect, that touch on straightening the ways of man, in his outward behavior and his inner emotions.

Rabbi Rahumai said: Illumination preceded the world. It is thus written (Gen. 1:3), "God said, 'let there be light,' and there was light." They said to Him, "Before the creation of Israel your son, will you then make him a crown?" He replied yes. What does this resemble? A king yearned for a son. One day he found a beautiful, precious crown, and he said, "This is fitting for my son's head." They said to him, "Are you then certain that your son will be worthy of this crown?" He replied, "Be still. This is what arises in thought." It is thus written (2 Sam. 14:14), "one who makes plans so that no one may be kept banished."