This, however, is not an adequate explanation. From the fact that the author of the bereisa expressly stated that “G-d acquired five things,” as opposed to writing that G-d possesses five things, is indicative that these things were actively acquired by G-d—as if to say, that prior to G-d acquiring them, these five entities had been, so to speak, under a different jurisdiction.
However, after the above explanation regarding the inseparable character that these entities share with G-d, and the idea that they are totally one with the Almighty, how were they able to be acquired?!
On the contrary, according to the above explanation, the entire reason that they were able to be considered acquisitions was because they were one with the Creator from the onset.
Transfer of objects
In order to properly understand this bereisa, we must define the term “acquisition” in a different manner than we had previously.
An acquisition connotes the transfer of ownership from one owner to the next, without the object itself undergoing any change whatsoever.
All that changes is the one who owns it, not what is owned. Before the object had been under one jurisdiction, and afterwards it comes into another individual’s dominion.
The author of the bereisa is discussing the manner in which these five objects become G-d’s possessions. He is specifically discussing the way that “G-d acquired these five acquisitions in His world.”
Meaning to say, that although he is referring to the way these objects are manifest in a physical world, in order for them to become the Almighty’s they need only to be acquired and must not be transformed in any drastic manner.
In order for other aspects of this world to become G-dly, they must go through a certain transformation. They must nullify their ego and sense of personal identity and submit to G-d. There is a certain process of refinement which must take place before they can be called G-dly.
With the above five entities, however, they need not go through that process; they must merely be acquired by G-d.
The Torah, heaven and earth, Avraham, the Jewish People, and the Beis Hamikdash are G-dly, even when they are in a physical and corporeal world. They do not have to change their being to become G-d’s, they need only be acquired. This is their unique quality and for this reason the bereisa employs this language.
