The Secret of “And His Name Was Enosh” • The Daily Article from the holy Tzaddik

How many years did Enosh serve idolatry? And what is the secret of the name Enosh? You will find the answers to these questions in the daily article before you, written this morning by the holy Tzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a—full and overflowing with wondrous new insights your ear has never heard.

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The Secret of “And His Name Was Enosh”

It is written in Asarah Ma’amaros [Ma’amar HaNefesh, Part 1, ch. 2], “And his name 346 was Enosh” 357 = 703, for at the age of 703 Enosh decided to do teshuvah. But he began serving idolatry at the age of 695. It comes out that he served idolatry for exactly 8 years, and this is hinted to in the words, “Then (‘az’ = 8) it was begun to call in the Name of Hashem” (Bereishis 4:26)—that he served idolatry for only eight years.

For Sheis was born to Adam HaRishon when he was 130 years old (ibid. 5:3), and Enosh was born to Sheis when he was 105 (ibid., ibid. 6). It follows that Enosh was 695 years old at the time Adam HaRishon died. And then he said that he had created Adam HaRishon, and the sun and the moon and the stars and the rest of what was created—earth and heaven and all the seas. And all who were born believed him, and all the nations became subjugated to him. And everyone decided the same thing—that indeed Enosh was the one who created the heavens and the earth and man and all that belongs to him. And even though Enosh already did teshuvah at the age of 703, it no longer helped all the people who continued on their evil and disgraceful path.Download the document