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The world that was created in Genesis 1 was \u201cvery good\u201d, according to God. But it was not the world as we experience it.<\/span><\/p>\n

We experience craving: how can one crave in a world that seems complete and full and perfect?<\/span><\/p>\n

We experience loss: in such a world, what is it that we lose?<\/span><\/p>\n

We experience love, and pain, and other feelings that require inner changes. But in that other, perfect world, there is no room allotted for development. God says, \u201clet there be\u201d, and His object is complete.<\/span><\/p>\n

But then comes Genesis 2 with its second story of the world\u2019s creation, and coins one word that makes <\/span>this<\/span><\/i> new-born world our own.<\/span><\/p>\n

Terem<\/span><\/i>, \u2018not yet\u2019, says Genesis 2:5. There were no plants \u2013 yet.<\/span><\/p>\n

With this little, pregnant word, God turns the world from a fixed object into an arena of becoming, because the \u2018yet\u2019 assumes a future and a change that\u2019s yet to come. Now there is room for development. Now, reality is steeped in change.<\/span><\/p>\n

This, and not the \u201cvery good\u201d world of Genesis 1, is the proper stage for the tragedy and glory of humanity. This is where people can dream and hope and fail and grow. This is the world as we experience it, where seeds take time to reach their full potential, where people, tales and melodies can only swell into crescendos over time.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is fitting that in this version of creation Man\u2019s first appearance is his absence, his<\/span> ayin<\/span><\/i> in the sentence \u201cthere was not a man to till the ground.\u201d For we can neither crave nor change before we encounter our hard limits. We can\u2019t outgrow ourselves until we see the things that we are not, and think \u2013 not yet. <\/span>Terem<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The word <\/span>terem <\/span><\/i>opens the door to a world that is forever undergoing creation. But it does more than that: It also tells us that we have a crucial role within this world. \u201cNo shrub of the field was yet in the earth,\u201d we are told, and three things must happen before the plants\u2019 potential can unfold.<\/span><\/p>\n

God must cause the rain to fall.<\/span><\/p>\n

God must create Man.<\/span><\/p>\n

And Man must pour their work into the earth.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rain and man\u2019s creation depend on God, but only we can choose to till and toil. In a world that is forever becoming, we are God\u2019s partners. In the world as we know it, it is our duty to create.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":false,"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"Jews\/Verses\/Tanakh","main_caption":"Not\/Yet","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"Genesis 2:5 - \u201cNo shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground\u201d","preview_embedded":"","preview_image":false,"preview_video":"","external_link":"","link_for_pay":false,"tile_gallery_items":false,"credits":""},"alternate_tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"","hide_media":false},"tile_group":{"preview_image_url":false,"main_caption":"","sub_caption":"","":null,"popup_package_extra_content":"","read_time":""},"home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo":{"seo_title":"","seo_description":"","seo_default_title":"","seo_default_description":""},"links":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52697"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52698,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52697\/revisions\/52698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}