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Why on earth did the serpent twist God's words to Eve, claiming, "God has said, 'You shall not eat of every tree in the Garden'" (Genesis 3:1)? God actually said, "You may freely e...
There's a fascinating little puzzle tucked away in the Book of Genesis, specifically Genesis 3:3. It's a tiny addition to God's command, seemingly insignificant, but it opens up a ...
The kind of things that make you pause and think, "Wait, did that really happen that way?" Let's zoom in on the story of the Garden of Eden, specifically that fateful moment when t...
The Torah tells us plainly, but the why is left hanging, ripe for interpretation. And oh, have the interpretations grown! One fascinating perspective comes to us from, well, Philo....
We read it, we move on. But what if there's a whole universe of meaning packed into those few simple words? That's where midrash comes in. Midrash, from the Hebrew root darash, mea...
That’s the feeling at the heart of a fascinating question posed about the story of Adam and Eve: What does it really mean when the Torah tells us, "Because they knew that they were...
Turns out, there's more to it than just a quick wardrobe fix. Our sages saw layers of meaning woven into that very first act of covering up. In The Midrash of Philo, we find a fasc...
We all know the story: the serpent, the forbidden fruit, the expulsion. But what about that strange line in Genesis 3:8, "They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden...
We often focus on the sin, the temptation, the immediate consequences. But what about their reaction? How did they feel, and how did they act immediately after? There's a curious d...
