The Faith of God (Bereishit, Covenant & Conversation 5777)

The Office of Rabbi Sacks - A podcast by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

There is a deep question at the heart of Jewish faith, and it is very rarely asked. As the Torah opens we see God creating the universe day by day, bringing order out of chaos, life out of inanimate matter, flora and fauna in all their wondrous diversity. At each stage God sees what He has made and declares it good. What then went wrong? How did evil enter the picture, setting in motion the drama of which the Torah – in a sense, the whole of history – is a record?

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