Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Stephen Goranson <goranson AT duke.edu>]

Perhaps you are recalling Geneisi Rabbah 1:10.
See, e.g.:
http://books.google.com/books?id=stEu2UyB9TYC&pg=PA174&dq=creation+open+closed+beth+OR+beit&hl=en&ei=0Bt5TIebIYK78gb3w6CjBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=creation%20open%20closed%20beth%20OR%20beit&f=false
or
http://tinyurl.com/2eseg2a

Stephen Goranson
http://www.duke.edu/~goranson
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Subject: [b-hebrew] A question on Rashi

Hello all,



I have a vague memory that Rashi commented something to the effect that the 
initial beit in Genesis was open on one side and closed on three signifying 
that matters since creation were open to human questioning, but that which 
went on before the creative  moment, as well as the things above the heaven 
and below the earth are off limits.  I have tried to locate the source of the 
insight but have had no luck.  Any help would be 
appreciated...............Robert Shannon Sumner
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