Parshas Bereishis: Adam's Tardeimah and Hamaavir Sheinah
- In Parshah
- Drasha
AI summary (may contain mistakes)
Why does the pasuk never say that Hashem woke Adam HaRishon after putting him into a tardemah to build Chava? Rav Shimon Schwab suggests that mankind stayed in that deep slumber until Matan Torah, when Hashem opened the eyes of Klal Yisrael alone. Rav Shimon Schwab then reads HaMaavir Sheinah, the last of the fifteen Birchos HaShachar, as thanks for the Torah that woke us.
Key points
- Rav Shimon Schwab notes that the pasuk never says Hashem woke Adam from his tardemah.
- HaMaavir Sheinah raises three questions: why it comes last, why it ends with Klal Yisrael, and why it asks for Torah.
- Without Torah and mitzvos, getting up in the morning would have no purpose at all.
