{"id":1719,"date":"2020-10-15T12:08:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T12:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/?p=1719"},"modified":"2020-10-30T03:58:21","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T08:58:21","slug":"olam-malei-an-entire-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/olam-malei-an-entire-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Olam Malei &#8211; An Entire World&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1658 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/gdust.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>God made you entirely unique, and no one else was created for the special role that you have in the overarching plan of Almighty God&#8230; Jewish tradition says that God created Adam alone as &#8220;olam malei&#8221; (\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05dd \u05de\u05b8\u05dc\u05b5\u05d0), \u201can entire world,\u201d to teach that each individual is of great value and significance. &#8220;Thus anyone who sustains one individual has sustained the world; and anyone who destroys one individual has destroyed an entire world&#8221; (Sanhedrin 37a). In addition, God created man as a solitary creation to remind us that all people descend from a common source: No one has a greater or better lineage or \u201cpedigree\u201d than anyone else. Moreover, each of us is created with a radical sense of &#8220;aloneness,&#8221; a built in &#8220;hunger&#8221; for relationship and especially for God&#8217;s presence.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Therefore the very first commandment to Adam and Eve comes in the form of a blessing: &#8220;And God blessed them (\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05da\u05b0 \u05d0\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05dd) and said, \u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc \u05d5\u05bc\u05e8\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5 \/ <em>pe\u2019ru ur\u2019vu:<\/em> &#8220;be fruitful and multiply&#8221; (Gen. 1:28). This teaches us that people were created to be in fellowship with others and with God, but when this is lacking, there is a profound soul hunger and need&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1720\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/isa43-21-analysis.gif?resize=394%2C526&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"394\" height=\"526\" \/><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1719-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/isa43-21-jjp.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/isa43-21-jjp.mp3\">https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/isa43-21-jjp.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God made you entirely unique, and no one else was created for the special role that you have in the overarching plan of Almighty God&#8230; Jewish tradition says that God created Adam alone as &#8220;olam malei&#8221; (\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05dd \u05de\u05b8\u05dc\u05b5\u05d0), \u201can entire world,\u201d to teach that each individual is of great value and significance. &#8220;Thus anyone who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,15,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-dvar","category-hebrew-reading-practice","category-torah"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1719"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1947,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1719\/revisions\/1947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}