potentialities

When God started creating, He chose to abdicate control.  Genesis 1:1  Skip Moen paraphrase When – “Bereshit, ‘in the beginning,’ describes not the clarities of origin and cause, but the potentialities of purpose.”[1]  So writes Avivah Zornberg, reflecting on Rashi’s comment on creation.  Potentialities demand alternatives.  Things might not work out as we expect, and…