The Ashkenazi Revolution

10of individual, was a faithful wellspring of foresight that could explain thesecrets of time. This view of time, as the primary asset, is also expressedin the dialog between God and the wisest of all men, King Solomon.In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream of the night. Godsaid, “Ask what I should give you.” So Solomon said… “Give to yourservant an understanding heart, to judge your people to distinguishbetween good and evil. For who can judge this honorable people ofyours?”God was pleasantly surprised by the fact that Solomon did not demand along life for himself, but rather preferred the wisdom necessary for thefulfillment of his royal duty.This was good in the eyes of the Lord, that Solomon had requested thisthing. So God said to him, “Since you have requested this thing, and youdid not request a long life and you did not request wealth and you did notrequest the lives of your enemies… behold, I have done according to yourwords (Kings 1:3).In the beginning God created… the God of time decided to no longer limitHimself to one dimension, the dimension of time, but to create within time,and from within time, additional dimensions: The dimension of theheavens, the dimension of the Earth and everything within them.Therefore, the creation was within the framework of time and in the rhythmof its flow. “There was evening and there was morning, one day.” Thedescription of creation, in the first chapters of Genesis, is a great panoramaof the flow of time, which brings with it, in specific segments, the days, along series of creation. Within the flow of cosmic time is allocated, toevery living thing, time of its own and it is its responsibility to continuewith it, to sustain it as a partner of cosmic time. Therefore:God said, “let the Earth sprout grass and herbs that form seed, trees thatmake fruit, each to its kind, which spread seed over the Earth.”