שִׁמְעוּ־זֹ֣את בֵּֽית־יַעֲקֹ֗ב הַנִּקְרָאִים֙ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּמִמֵּ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה יָצָ֑אוּ הַֽנִּשְׁבָּעִ֣ים ׀ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֗ה וּבֵאלֹהֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יַזְכִּ֔ירוּ לֹ֥א בֶאֱמֶ֖ת וְלֹ֥א בִצְדָקָֽה׃
Pakinggan ninyo ito, sambahayan ni Jacob, kayong tinatawag sa pangalang Israel at nagmula sa bukal ng Juda, kayong nanunumpa sa pangalan ng Walang-Hanggan at bumabanggit sa Diyos ng Israel, ngunit hindi sa katotohanan at hindi sa katuwiran.
Akeidat Yitzchak
The term "water" is used in three different meanings: 1) "water" as we know it, 2) atmosphere, 3) water as something spiritual. Our sages say, "There is no water except Torah” (Baba Kama 17, et al). The statement, "And so it came to be," embraces the coming into existence of these three distinct kinds of water. The absence of the expression ki tov, it was good, is not to be understood negatively, according to whichever reason advanced by the scholars, rather ki tov is used when something existing has been perfected. At that point its goodness becomes manifest. (10) Since during the second day's activities the celestial bodies that were to fill the sky had not been hung yet, the expression "it was good" is obviously not called for. Even if everything had been in place except the sun and the moon, the work would not yet have been completed to call forth the judgment that it had turned out well.