Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Machshava:

Israel 

Midrash:

Midrash Rabbah - Torah 

Nach:

Tehillim 

Parsha:

Bereishit 

Collections: Rabbi Torczyner Living Midrash

References: Bereishit Rabbah: 1:2  

Description

Second in a series on Bereishit Rabbah: The midrashic explanation of Tehillim 111:6, viewing that sentence as a response to the question of why the Torah includes the story of Creation, and its details. Further, the different approaches of Rashi and Ramban to explain this midrash and a linked midrash in Yalkut Shimoni.