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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...
The Torah gives us a tantalizing glimpse in the second chapter of Genesis: "A river emerged from Eden to water the garden; and from there it parted and became four headwaters" (Gen...
And one powerful image used to describe this cycle is the idea of a "cup of terror." The Midrash, specifically Bereshit Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic teachings on the Book of Ge...
It seems simple enough on the surface: "From every tree of the garden you may eat." But, like with so much in Torah, the rabbis saw layers upon layers of meaning hidden beneath the...
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...
We all do it, usually for about a third of our lives. But what's going on when we drift off? Our sages pondered this deeply. In Bereshit Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic commentari...
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 all know the scene: the serpent, that slippery character, slithering up to Eve and whispering doubts about God's commands. "Did God really say you can't eat from any tree?" (Gen...
It's not just about a simple act of disobedience. Our Sages delve deep into that fateful moment, unpacking the layers of temptation and consequence. Let's journey into Bereshit Rab...
