Abarbanel on Torah, Genesis Introduction 2
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Work: Abarbanel on Torah
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Abarbanel on Torah — Sefaria Community Translation
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In the beginning, God created Man in His image on Earth, and He breathed into his nostrils a soul hewn from the bundles of life. He devised a plan to fasten upon man’s arm a link to the upper and lower realms. Perhaps man would, by his own choice, turn toward his Maker; conducting his weekday life with the sanctity of Shabbat, to understand and perceive the greatness of the Holy King. When the seekers among the generations proved unworthy in His eyes, He cast them away from Him and refined them like a smelter purifying dross — little by little, for correction — until, like the first rays of da…
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- Abarbanel on Torah — Sefaria Community Translation
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- Public domain
- Reading language
- eng
- Source language
- eng
- Completeness
- PARTIAL: all supplied nonempty community English leaves only; many Hebrew sections have no English counterpart.
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- Unverified edition; not Human Sealed
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