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Updates  Bereishit(Genesis 1:1-6:8)  Night Owls? Not!  Have you
ever tried to get lots of things done at night? Did you ever
assume that you can get just as much done at night as you could
during the day only to discover yourself dozing off at your desk
at 11pm?  Sure, we do accomplish many things at night but
somehow, for most people, it is never equal to what we can
accomplish during the day. Even when we nap during the afternoon
in order to stay up later at night, nights do not seem to be as
productive as days. Why is this a fact of human experience?  The
answer lies in this week's parsha, Genesis, and in the way God
made the world. "God called the light, 'Day', and to the
darkness, He called, 'Night'."(Genesis 1:5). What does this
verse mean? What is the additional insight? Is it not obvious
that day is day and night is night? Are we simply being told
what the first words in God's di