Chana Tannenbaum-The Plan A and Plan B of creation (Bereishit)

Many people have established what they call Plan A for themselves. It is their first-choice unfolding of their lives. It is more than a plan; it is an ideal life.

Every so often, people also prepare a Plan B. As its name suggests, it is the backup plan, the less desirable alternative to Plan A.

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When you read the first chapter of Genesis carefully, you might well conclude that God too had a Plan A and a Plan B. Moreover, you might perceive much of what actually occurs during Creation as the secondary, less desirable plan. But how can that be? For while people, mere mortals, cannot know how their futures will pan out, to the extent that they make arrangements for alternative outcomes, the Divine surely knows the future! How could God end up stuck with Plan B? How is it even possible that His Plan A did not succeed?

Read the full article on the Times of Israel