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Drash for Shabbat B'reisheet By Frank Westerbeke - October 20, 2006 B'reisheet - Best known as the creation, the book of beginnings, "once heaven and earth plants and animals have been created. The story of man can begin". As I prepare for my Drash this evening, after reading the story of Genesis many times, I began to realize that perhaps it could be the most important story for all of us. The beginning. The epic story of man. The first time I read this story, it was very early one morning, sitting outside in the backyard before the sunrise. Breaking down each phrase over and over wondering what could I share with everyone, I realized I see this message often. There are many similarities of the story called the creation and everyday. "When God began to create the heaven and the earth, the earth being unformed and void, with darkness over the surface of the deep and a wind from God sweeping over the water, God said let there be light, and there was light. God saw the light was good and God separated light from darkness. God called the light day and the darkness he called night. And there was evening and there was morning, a first day." It was with this that I saw the parallels of God’s creation of the earth itself and our own lives. As we wake up each morning and open our eyes to rise for a new day, we see the light through the window and maybe a glimpse of magnificent mountains. Then we take our first awakening breath, a deep one, and feel the cool air on our faces. As we get up and feel the earth firmly underneath us, we feel our feet hit the floor. We look outside and see the plants and trees all around and we hear birds and animals. Then we prepare our bodies with a big stretch as we greet each day as our own new beginning. God grants us this gift of a new beginning every day. When we all wake up tomorrow, as we did this morning let's remember our gift. Let us all be grateful to see, hear, feel, touch and live each day, as God intended. May we all embrace each day as our own new creation. Shabbat Shalom.
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