Friday, May 8, 2015

Hiding Creation And Tzniyus

The Medrash quotes the pasuk with regard to the act of Maaseh Berieshis, כבוד א-להים הסתר דבר - The honor of kings is hiding the matter. The act of creation is a SECRET.

This has multiple ramifications. Here are two:

1] We can't figure out how it happened. It would take thousands of books to describe what happened at creation and the Torah covers it in a small number of psukim. So the whole endeavor of reconciling science with the Chumash is doomed to fall short. Creation is a secret.

2] Tzniyus: Rav Hutner said that we don't publicly talk about matters of intimacy because the act of creation must remain private.....

There is much more to say - hope to revisit this in this future.