His body came from Babylonia, his head from the Land of Israel, and his limbs from the other lands. As for his hindquarters, Rav Acha said: from Akra of Agma. Rabbi Yochanan bar Chanina said: the day consists of twelve hours. In the first hour, his dust was gathered; in the second, he was made into a shapeless mass; in the third, his limbs were extended; in the fourth, a soul was cast into him; in the fifth, he stood upon his feet; in the sixth, he called the names; in the seventh, Eve was joined to him; in the eighth, two went up to the bed and four came down; in the ninth, he was commanded not to eat from the tree; in the tenth, he sinned; in the eleventh, he was judged; in the twelfth, he was banished and went his way, as it is said: "Man does not abide in honor" (Psalms 49:13). Rami bar Chama said: a wild beast has no power over a man unless he appears to it like an animal, as it is said: "He is compared to the beasts that perish" (Psalms 49:13). Rav Yehuda said in the name of Rav: at the time when the Holy One, blessed be He, wished to create man, He created one company of ministering angels. He said to them: is it your will that we make a man in our image? They said before Him: Master of the universe, what will his deeds be? He said to them: such and such are his deeds. They said before Him: Master of the universe, "What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You take account of him?" (Psalms 8:5). He stretched out His little finger among them and burned them. And so too the second company. The third company said before Him: Master of the universe, the earlier ones who spoke before You - what did they accomplish? The whole world entire is Yours. Whatever You wish to do in Your world, do. When He reached the people of the generation of the flood and the people of the generation of the dispersion, whose deeds were corrupt, they said before Him: Master of the universe, did the earlier ones not speak well before You? He said to them: "Even to old age I am the same, and even to gray hairs I will carry you" (Isaiah 46:4). Rav Yehuda said in the name of Rav: Adam, the first man, extended from one end of the world to the other, as it is said: "From the day that God created man upon the earth, and from one end of the heavens to the other end of the heavens" (Deuteronomy 4:32). When he sinned, the Holy One, blessed be He, placed His hand upon him and diminished him, as it is said: "Behind and before You have formed me, and You have laid Your hand upon me" (Psalms 139:5). Rabbi Elazar said: Adam, the first man, extended from the earth up to the firmament. And Rav Yehuda said in the name of Rav: Adam, the first man, spoke in the Aramaic tongue, as it is said: "And to me how precious are Your friends, O God" (Psalms 139:17).
Adam's Soul
Sanhedrin 38b
גּוּפוֹ מִבָּבֶל, וְרֹאשׁוֹ מֵאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְאֵבָרָיו מִשְּׁאָר אֲרָצוֹת. עַגְבוֹתָיו, אָמַר רַב אַחָא: מֵאַקְרָא דְאַגְמָא. אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן בַּר חֲנִינָא: שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁעוֹת הָוֵי הַיּוֹם. שָׁעָה רִאשׁוֹנָה – הוּצְבַּר עֲפָרוֹ, שְׁנִיָּה – נַעֲשָׂה גּוֹלֶם, שְׁלִישִׁית – נִמְתְּחוּ אֵבָרָיו, רְבִיעִית – נִזְרְקָה בּוֹ נְשָׁמָה, חֲמִישִׁית – עָמַד עַל רַגְלָיו, שִׁשִּׁית – קָרָא שֵׁמוֹת, שְׁבִיעִית – נִזְדַּוְּוגָה לוֹ חַוָּה, שְׁמִינִית – עָלוּ לַמִּטָּה שְׁנַיִם וְיָרְדוּ אַרְבָּעָה, תְּשִׁיעִית – נִצְטַוָּוה שֶׁלֹּא לֶאֱכוֹל מִן הָאִילָן, עֲשִׂירִית – סָרַח, אַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה – נִידּוֹן, שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה – נִטְרַד וְהָלַךְ לוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״אָדָם בִּיקָר בַּל יָלִין״. אָמַר רָמֵי בַּר חָמָא: אֵין חַיָּה רָעָה שׁוֹלֶטֶת בְּאָדָם אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן נִדְמָה לוֹ כִּבְהֵמָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״נִמְשַׁל כַּבְּהֵמוֹת נִדְמוּ״. אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר רַב: בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁבִּקֵּשׁ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לִבְראוֹת אֶת הָאָדָם, בָּרָא כַּת אַחַת שֶׁל מַלְאֲכֵי הַשָּׁרֵת. אָמַר לָהֶם: רְצוֹנְכֶם נַעֲשֶׂה אָדָם בְּצַלְמֵנוּ? אָמְרוּ לְפָנָיו: רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, מָה מַעֲשָׂיו? אָמַר לָהֶן: כָּךְ וְכָךְ מַעֲשָׂיו. אָמְרוּ לְפָנָיו: רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, ״מָה אֱנוֹשׁ כִּי תִזְכְּרֶנּוּ וּבֶן אָדָם כִּי תִפְקְדֶנּוּ״? הוֹשִׁיט אֶצְבָּעוֹ קְטַנָּה בֵּינֵיהֶן וּשְׂרָפָם. וְכֵן כַּת שְׁנִיָּה. כַּת שְׁלִישִׁית אָמְרוּ לְפָנָיו: רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, רִאשׁוֹנִים שֶׁאָמְרוּ לְפָנֶיךָ מָה הוֹעִילוּ? כָּל הָעוֹלָם כּוּלּוֹ שֶׁלְּךָ הוּא. כׇּל מָה שֶׁאַתָּה רוֹצֶה לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּעוֹלָמְךָ – עֲשֵׂה. כֵּיוָן שֶׁהִגִּיעַ לְאַנְשֵׁי דּוֹר הַמַּבּוּל וְאַנְשֵׁי דּוֹר הַפְּלַגָּה שֶׁמַּעֲשֵׂיהֶן מְקוּלְקָלִין, אָמְרוּ לְפָנָיו: רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, לֹא יָפֶה אָמְרוּ רִאשׁוֹנִים לְפָנֶיךָ? אָמַר לָהֶן: ״וְעַד זִקְנָה אֲנִי הוּא וְעַד שֵׂיבָה אֲנִי אֶסְבֹּל וְגוֹ׳״. אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר רַב: אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן מִסּוֹף הָעוֹלָם וְעַד סוֹפוֹ הָיָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״לְמִן הַיּוֹם אֲשֶׁר בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אָדָם עַל הָאָרֶץ וּלְמִקְצֵה הַשָּׁמַיִם וְעַד קְצֵה הַשָּׁמָיִם״. כֵּיוָן שֶׁסָּרַח, הִנִּיחַ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא יָדוֹ עָלָיו וּמִיעֲטוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״אָחוֹר וָקֶדֶם צַרְתָּנִי וַתָּשֶׁת עָלַי כַּפֶּכָה״. אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן מִן הָאָרֶץ עַד לָרָקִיעַ הָיָה. וְאָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר רַב: אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן בְּלָשׁוֹן אֲרַמִּי סִפֵּר, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וְלִי מַה יָּקְרוּ רֵעֶיךָ אֵל״.