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Podcast: Jew-ish
Episode: Donât be afraid of the dark, thatâs where creation begins
Description: Send a textWe all know "in the beginning, there was darkness," right? The first line of the first book of the Old Testament (AKA the Torah). But did you know, there was also âchaos and voidâ? And then, of course, God created everything. So we're told. Inspired by the places where "creation" began, Rabbi Adina Allen has made a life and a practice of understanding how all creation and creativityâwhether art, new understandings, or life itselfâcomes from darkness, chaos and void, and how these acts of creation heal us. In her book...