Derasha 1 on Bereishis 1:26 (fill)

EXTRA · Parashas Bereishis · First Aliyah · Passuk 26

Supplementary fill for former SKIP range: classical material tightly bound to this passuk (TT listed none or placed related material elsewhere).

Complete Passuk

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֔ים נַֽעֲשֶׂ֥ה אָדָ֛ם בְּצַלְמֵ֖נוּ כִּדְמוּתֵ֑נוּ וְיִרְדּוּ֩ בִדְגַ֨ת הַיָּ֜ם וּבְע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם וּבַבְּהֵמָה֙ וּבְכָל־הָאָ֔רֶץ וּבְכָל־הָרֶ֖מֶשׂ הָֽרֹמֵ֥שׂ עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

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Source Citation

Sanhedrin 38b (and parallel traditions) — classical material on the plural “Naaseh.”

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 consultation is immediately answered by the singular of creation, refuting any claim of multiple creators.
Type of Learning: Custom (adjacent singular answers the plural)
What Is Learned: The singular “And God created” that follows refutes the heretical reading of the plural “Let us make.”