Derasha 2 on Bereishis 1:23 (TT placement; content on “Naaseh adam”)

TT #52 · Parashas Bereishis · First Aliyah · Passuk 23

Complete Passuk

וַֽיְהִי־עֶ֥רֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹ֖קֶר י֥וֹם חֲמִישִֽׁי׃

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

TT points to Sanhedrin 38b (verified).

E-Daf image (Sanhedrin 38b)

Core Text

Core Textאָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: כָּל מָקוֹם שֶׁפָּקְרוּ הַצְּדוֹקִים תְּשׁוּבָתָם בְּצִדָּן. הֵם פָּקְרוּ בַּפָּסוּק נַעֲשֶׂה אָדָם בְּצַלְמֵנוּ כִּדְמוּתֵנוּ — מַה כְּתִיב בָּתְרֵיהּ? וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹהִים אֶת הָאָדָם בְּצַלְמוֹ.
English of Core Text: Rabbi Yochanan said: Wherever the Sadducees attacked, their answer is beside them. They attacked the verse “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness” — what is written after it? “And God created the man in His image.”
On the daf / in context: The plural of “Naaseh” is immediately answered by the singular “Vayivra Elohim,” refuting any claim of multiple creators. (Again TT places the citation at 1:23.)
Type of Learning: Custom (adjacent singular verb answers plural)
What Is Learned: The singular “And God created” that follows immediately refutes the heretical reading of the plural “Let us make.”