One Ancestor to Restrain Rivalry Robbery and Pride

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 15:4

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Another explanation: for the sake of the families, that they should not quarrel one with another. And if now, when he was created alone, they quarrel, had two been created, how much more so. Another explanation: and if now, when he was created alone, they rob and steal, had two been created, how much more so. And why are their faces not alike one to another? So that a man should not see a beautiful woman or a beautiful dwelling belonging to his fellow and say, It is mine, as it is said, "And from the wicked their light is withheld" (Job 38:15). Rabbi Meir used to say: In three things a person differs from his fellow: in voice, in appearance, and in mind. In voice and in appearance, because of unchastity; and in mind, because of robbers and the violent. The rabbis taught: The man was created on the eve of the Sabbath, so that the heretics should not say, He was a partner with the Holy One, blessed be He, in the work of creation.

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Adam EveDivine JusticeWisdom

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