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An apple? Maybe… but our tradition offers a whole orchard of possibilities! The rabbis of the Midrash, in Bereshit Rabbah 15, really sink their teeth into this question. Rabbi Meir...
We all know the story: paradise, temptation, the apple, the fall. But before all that went down, there's this single verse in Genesis 2:15: "The Lord God took the man and placed hi...
And, according to Jewish tradition, Adam, the very first human, had the unique privilege of naming… well, just about everything! We find this idea in the book of Genesis (2:19): "T...
Take, for example, the verse in Genesis 2:21, "He took one of his sides [mitzalotav]..." Now, mitzalotav can mean either "one of his ribs" or "one of his sides." So, which was it? ...
The ancient rabbis did! And they weren't shy about asking some pretty direct questions. Let's take a peek into a fascinating passage from Bereshit Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic ...
The Torah tells us, "The Lord God built the side that He had taken from the man into a woman, and brought her to the man" (Genesis 2:22). Simple. But as is so often the case, our s...
We know the story: disobedience, shame, exile. But the ancient rabbis, in their boundless creativity, spun even more wondrous tales around that pivotal moment. The verse in Genesis...
Genesis 3:14 tells us, "The Lord God said to the serpent: Because you did this, cursed are you from all the animals, and from all the beasts of the field; on your belly you shall g...
The Torah tells us, "The Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of hide, and clothed them" (Genesis 3:21). Simple enough. But as always, the rabbis of the Midrash dive de...
