This week’s sedra introduces us to arguably the greatest hero of all time. Born into a society where the One true G-d has been all but forgotten, where idol worship was the norm, he started a revolution whose impact is still felt until today. At the age of three, or possibly forty (the subject is … More Lech Lecha – The Greatest Hero of All Time

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With Rav Hirsch’s introduction we can now return to verse 6 ו) וַתְּחַסְּרֵהוּ מְּעַט מֵאֱלֹהִים וְכָבוֹד וְהָדָר תְּעַטְּרֵהוּ: And You have withheld from him but little of the Divine, and You desire to crown him with honour and dignity. Rav Hirsch explains the pasuk as exclaiming the awesome heights, unique in all creation that man … More Adam – as close as close can be

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Rav Hirsch continues with a beautiful piece distinguishing between Enosh and Adam that needs to be read slowly and carefully: “And when egotism vanishes from the human heart in the face of the starry skies that proclaim G-d, how will his breast then swell once it is freed from the shackles of self adoration, and once … More Of humans and men

Rav Hirsch now proceeds to interpret the pasuk based on the important distinction between the two words used here to refer to man, adam and enosh. All the pride and stubbornness of the type of man referred to as Enosh must wither away into oblivion in the face of the message coming down from the … More Man and the Moon