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

Midrash:

Midrash Rabbah - Torah 

Nach:

Mishlei 

Parsha:

Bereishit 

Collections: Rabbi Torczyner Living Midrash

References: Bereishit Rabbah: 1:8  

Description

Part of a text-based series on Bereishit Rabbah. These midrashim define Torah as the necessary precursor to each day of Creation based on Mishlei 8:22-23, and explain Bereishit 1:2 as describing the first elements HaShem created in our world.