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VaYechulu (Witness Recitation of Creation)

The Genesis 'and the heavens were finished' passage recited as testimony to Creation in Friday-night Amidah and Kiddush; the Talmud calls one who says it a partner in Creation.

The Genesis 'and the heavens were finished' passage recited as testimony to Creation in Friday-night Amidah and Kiddush; the Talmud calls one who says it a partner in Creation.

How it traveled

  1. Genesis
    Eretz Yisrael (travels) · trad. 1313 BCE (Sinai)
    defines

Key passages(1)

Each passage is tagged by what it does with the idea: explains it, applies it in practice, redefines it with a new meaning, or challenges it. Relevance shows how directly the passage is about this idea.

Genesis · trad. 1313 BCE (Sinai)

Relevance: Very high

וַיְכֻלּ֛וּ הַשָּׁמַ֥יִם וְהָאָ֖רֶץ וְכׇל־צְבָאָֽם׃

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