Hashem is God; there is nothing besides Him. (Devarim 4:35)
To remove all opposition… When a person focuses his mind on this fact — that Hashem is the true source of all and there is no other force or power whatsoever — and he completely cancels in his mind all other seeming powers…Hashem will help him by causing all other illusionary powers to be removed and canceled…. (Nefesh HaChaim 3:12)
Bereishis
The Foundation
Parashas Bereishis teaches the fundamental foundations of life and what our purpose is in this world. “Hashem created the heavens and the earth out of nothing” is the basic principle of “ein od milvado” — there is nothing else besides Hashem.When we see the world around us, we must realize that it does not possess intrinsic being. Everything that exists depends on Hashem’s will to maintain its existence. Hashem is the creator of all; His essence is the only true reality (Rambam, Hilchos Yesodei HaTorah 1:4). This is the deeper understanding of “Hashem is One.” He is the One and Only Creator. Everything in the world is His creation.
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