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  • From: "Bryant J. Williams III" <bjwvmw AT com-pair.net>
  • To: "Hedrick Gary" <GaryH AT cjfm.org>, <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] A question on Rashi
  • Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 22:21:22 -0800

Dear Robert, Gary,

I wonder if Rashid in referencing Genesis 1:1 is actually commenting on
Ecclesiates 3:11, "...also he has put eternity (eternal things) into man's
mind,
yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the
end"
(RSV)? Just speculating.

Rev. Bryant J. Williams III
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hedrick Gary" <GaryH AT cjfm.org>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] A question on Rashi


> Robert, Wikipedia mentions this in its article on the Hebrew character bet
(beth); but alas, like so many other articles on Wikipedia, there's no
citation
as to the source.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bet_%28letter%29
>
> Gary Hedrick
> San Antonio, Texas USA
>
> On Aug 28, 2010, at 5:56 AM, robertsumner0110 AT wmconnect.com wrote:
>
> >
> > 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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