Blueprint of the Universe

Hi,

The following midrash is based on Proverbs 8:30, "Then I [Torah] was for Him an amon, and I was a delight each day, etc." This describes the Torah as existing in Gd's company before Creation, and serving as an amon אמון. The similar word uman אומן refers to a craftsman.

"The Torah said, "I was the tool of Gd's craft." Normally, a flesh and blood king builds a palace not on his own, but via a craftsman. The craftsman does not build it on his own, but via plans which outline how to create the rooms and small entrances. So, too, Gd looked in the Torah and created the world. The Torah said, "In reishit Gd created", and reishit is Torah, as in, "Gd created me, reishit of His path.""

(Midrash, Bereishit Rabbah 1:1)

Have a great day,
Mordechai