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Baal haTurim on 3:12 says she forced him to eat it "by beating him with the stick of the tree."* I have heard this interpreted by my rabbeim that she cried hysterically and that to him it was like "being beaten with a stick" - a strong impact - and that is what forced him to eat it.
It follows that he knew what he was eating of.
*Note this fits the ...
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The Lubavitcher Rebbe brings this idea in Likkutei Sichos (vol. 36 pg. 75 - free translation):
The ultimate purpose in creating the Tree of Knowledge was not merely to serve as a test to Adam HaRishon that he should not eat from it, but rather for man to transform the Tree of Knowledge and elevate it above the concept of death. It is explained in ...
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