Should Noahides Celebrate Rosh HaShanah?
By Rabbi Moshe Perets
Why do we commemorate the creation of man and not the creation of the whole world?
This is especially strange, given that the creation of the world demonstrates G-d’s absolute power in His unique ability to create something from nothing.[2] Only G-d’s essence, free of all limitation, can bring about being from utter void.
The 25th of Elul, the first day of the world’s existence, is further distinguished by being referred to in the Torah[3] as yom echad (“one day”), rather than yom rishon (“the first day”). The Torah thus indicates that on the first day of creation, G-d was “alone in His world.”[4] Though the entire created world already existed, it was not separate from its Creator; the world was one with G-d.
Brought by Rabbi Moshe Perets
Rabbi Moshe Perets is the Founder and Executive Director of NoahideAcademy.org, the world’s largest Noahide informational website. He has established the Noahide Academy of Israel website under the non-profit organisation - אור לעמים - Light Unto the Nations since 2016. He accomplished his Rabbinical Studies at the Chabad Yeshiva of Brussels in 2011. He has a medical degree by the University of Louvain in Brussels as well a Masters in Biomedical Research by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has for the past years focused on Psychotherapy and developed a new approach: Deep Soul Therapy. He is a spiritual mentor, teacher, coach, and healer who has helped facilitate profound shifts for hundreds of people around the globe. His teaching activities at the Noahide Academy allowed students from all over the world to live passionate, purposeful lives, connect more intimately with G-d, and reveal the hidden light and power of their souls. Rabbi Moshe Perets lives currently in Israel with his wife and 5 children.
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