Questions tagged [adam]
Questions related to Adam, the first man.
135
questions
2
votes
1
answer
62
views
Different names for man
What is the difference between the Hebrew words 'adam', 'ish' and 'enosh'? In Genesis, the word adam is used until the woman is brought to him and then he calls her 'Ishah' and refers to himself as '...
- 125
1
vote
3
answers
95
views
When was Adam restored to favor?
In the Guide for the Perplexed (Part 1, Chapter 7), Rambam quotes the Midrash which states that during the 130 years when Adam was under rebuke, he begat spirits, i.e demons; when, however, he was ...
- 125
1
vote
2
answers
170
views
Man like God or separate from God
Bereshit 3:22:
ויאמר ה' אלקים הן האדם היה כאחד ממנו לדעת טוב ורע
Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us,
to know good and evil"
Is this the correct translation? ...
- 125
0
votes
0
answers
31
views
Is adam the first person [duplicate]
Was adam really the first human created ?
I've heard that there were other humanoid or other humans created beside from adam outside of Gan eden.
- 1,017
2
votes
1
answer
82
views
If we Jews don’t believe that we do not suffer from the sins of our fathers
I’m going to preface this first by writing a question: The Christians believe that Jesus died for our sins of the world- to which i personally do not believe that at all- the Christians believe that ...
- 1,008
1
vote
4
answers
129
views
Why was Adam created age 20? [duplicate]
The Midrash says Adam and Chava were created age 20.
Why so? Looking mainly for an answer as to why they weren't made babies and raised like we are (rather than asking what's special about 20?).
Happy ...
- 5,381
1
vote
0
answers
37
views
What both Hashem and the snake said about death after eating the fruit doesn't seem to match what ended up happening?
Hashem says:
וּמֵעֵץ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָע לֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ כִּי בְּיוֹם אֲכׇלְךָ
מִמֶּנּוּ מוֹת תָּמוּת׃
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat
of it: for on the day ...
- 5,381
0
votes
0
answers
51
views
Eitz Chaim; Shaar Rachel v’Leah / Yahel Ohr / Derech Mitzvotecha
Can anyone point me to an English translation of Eitz Chaim - Specifically Shaar Rachel v’Leah, chapter 2 - please?
I've come across a reference to it in relation to Adam and Eve's relationship and ...
- 263
1
vote
1
answer
211
views
Who is Rabbi Koryah?
I have been reading up on Midrash Rabbah Bereshit 19:3 concerning Adam's location whilst Chava is speaking to the snake.
When it says that Adam had previously had sex with Chava and was now sleeping, ...
- 263
2
votes
3
answers
77
views
Why didn't Hashem warn Adam and Chava about the curses?
Simple question, why did He surprise them with curses? Initially He just said they will surely die if they are the fruit. After they do, He then tells them that not only will they die but lots of ...
- 5,381
1
vote
0
answers
39
views
Did Adam establish a justice system?
One of the mitzvot given to Adam was to establish laws and courts.
Was Adam successful in setting up a working justice system, and if so, do we know any practical details of how it operated and/or for ...
- 1,331
0
votes
1
answer
57
views
Talmudic legend about the souls refusing to enter Adam's and Hava's bodies?
Ted Hughes, in the Crow collection, has a poem named A Childish Prank (full text), which is a grotesque narration of Adam's and Hava's creation.
In March 1976, at the Adelaide Festival Writers’ Week, ...
- 191
-1
votes
1
answer
53
views
Soul Fruit - what do we know?
Bereshit 2:9:
ויצמח יהוה אלהים מן־האדמה כל־עץ נחמד למראה וטוב למאכל ועץ החיים בתוך
הגן ועץ הדעת טוב ורע
And from the ground Hashem, God, caused to grow every tree that was pleasing
to the sight and ...
- 5,381
2
votes
4
answers
427
views
Hashem lamenting to Adam after he hid: "you used to delight talking to Me" - Source?
*During learning recently I stumbled across a beautiful passage (most likely a midrash) where Hashem was crying about how He missed is surprised how Adam would delight in talking to Him, but now he is ...
- 5,381
1
vote
0
answers
37
views
If they hadn't eaten the fruit
I recall hearing (many years ago) a medrash that said that if Adam and Chava had not eaten of the Eitz Hada'at, and made it to Shabbat, Mashiach would have come. I have been unable to find it. I was ...
- 37.6k
0
votes
1
answer
184
views
Did any rabbis say that Adam and Eve did not have sexual intercourse in the garden? [closed]
Rashi as well as other rabbis said that Adam and Eve had intercourse in the garden. However, did any rabbis say that they did not have intercourse before they sinned?
- 129
1
vote
1
answer
64
views
Looking for medrash regarding briyas ha'adam
I've heard referenced a medrash that says at the time of brias ha'adam, the melachim were so taken aback by adam that they thought maybe it was a type of deity, or that they should be worshiping him ...
- 595
3
votes
2
answers
652
views
Did (and if so, how) Cain's descendants survive the Flood?
In Genesis 15:19, God lists the Kenites among the peoples inhabiting the Promised Land. From this point on, they appear in:
Numbers 24:21-22 (here prophesied against by Balaam), Judges 1:16 (as ...
- 194
1
vote
4
answers
220
views
In the wake of the banishment from Eden, Adam and Eve start their family
In the wake of the banishment from Eden, Adam and Eve start their family:
וְהָאָדָם יָדַע אֶת־חַוָּה אִשְׁתּוֹ וַתַּהַר וַתֵּלֶד אֶת־קַיִן וַתֹּאמֶר קָנִיתִי אִישׁ אֶת־יהוה׃
Bereshit 4:1 "And ...
- 123
-1
votes
1
answer
115
views
How could Adam HaRishon have contained all the souls that would ever be inside of him, including evil, even before the sin?
I recall a concept from the teachings of the Arizal and elsewhere that before eating of the tree of knowledge, Adam HaRishon contained all the souls that would ever exist within him, but the good and ...
- 371
1
vote
2
answers
135
views
Would Adam rebel against God?
I heard that if Adam was left alone, without a wife, he would eventually rebel against God. Is that correct?
- 345
2
votes
1
answer
162
views
Why did Adam attribute himself to dirt rather than God's soul?
"And you, [God said], what is your name? [Adam] said to him: It would be right to be called Adam, since I was created from the dirt (adamah)." Bereishit_Rabbah.17.4
It would be logical that ...
- 25.7k
0
votes
0
answers
31
views
Why didn't Adam name fish and insects? [duplicate]
When Adam named animals, the Torah mentions three categories: cattle, wild animals, and birds:
"וַיִּקְרָא הָאָדָם שֵׁמוֹת לְכָל־הַבְּהֵמָה וּלְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּלְכֹל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה..."
...
- 25.7k
1
vote
0
answers
65
views
Was Man Created Alone?
I am looking for a source which I (thought I) came across once regarding creation of man. From what I remember it said that man was actually created in multiple places. Or rather more than one man was ...
- 51
1
vote
1
answer
213
views
Who discovered Sexual intercourse [closed]
Who discovered sexual intercourse . How did Adam HaRishon know how to procreate with Chava. Did G-d tell him and then it was passed down?
- 39
1
vote
1
answer
287
views
What Rabbinic interpretations of the Garden of Eden narrative treat "the serpent" as more the protagonist, instead of the antagonist?
Most interpretations of the Garden narrative treat Adam and Even as protagonists, and the serpent as the antagonist. I am interested here in interpretations that flip some roles. As one example, I ...
- 371
-2
votes
3
answers
299
views
Why don't humans have the best version of organs?
Scientifically speaking, a better version of an organ could be found in many animals (besides the human brain, maybe). IIRC, octopuses have better eyes, birds have a more efficient cardiovascular ...
- 25.7k
0
votes
3
answers
244
views
Forgiveness of Adam's sin
Why do we suffer for the sin not committed by us, is it not contrary to Ezekiel 18? Can we ask for this sin to be forgiven? and how do we repent from something we have no access to?
- 89
1
vote
3
answers
145
views
Why did God plan to create both "בְּצַלְמֵנוּ כִּדְמוּתֵנוּ" but only created "בְּצֶלֶם"?
"וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים נַעֲשֶׂה אָדָם בְּצַלְמֵנוּ כִּדְמוּתֵנוּ..."
"וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאָדָם בְּצַלְמוֹ בְּצֶלֶם אֱלֹהִים בָּרָא אֹתוֹ...׃"
"And God said, “Let us make ...
- 25.7k
1
vote
1
answer
138
views
Why didn’t the sages sense a problem with "in God's image"?
The Talmud (Megillah.9b and Tractate_Sefer_Torah.1.9) lists the 13 places/verses that felt problematic in the translation into Greek.
"י״ג דברים שינו בה:
אלהים ברא בראשית.
אעשה אדם בצלם ודמות
...
- 25.7k
0
votes
1
answer
137
views
Created in the Divine Image
The Torah tells us that Adam was created in the divine image (Gen 1.26-27; 5; 9.6). If the divinity had a body, then we would suppose this means that Adam was created as the divinity's Doppelgänger, ...
user19234
6
votes
1
answer
165
views
Walking behind a woman if you can't see her
The gemara in עירובין יח has a very interesting discussion, it wants to know according to the מ"ד that אדם and חוה were created together back-to-back שני פרצופים, who walked first (i.e. which ...
- 524
5
votes
1
answer
271
views
My father is better than your father
Posting for someone else:
The Talmud (Sanhedrin 37a) writes that one reason that Adam was created alone was "so that one person will not say to another: My father, i.e., progenitor, is greater ...
- 20.9k
1
vote
2
answers
522
views
How are humans that were formed "from dust" different from animals that were formed "from earth"?
"וַיִּיצֶר ה"א אֶת־הָאָדָם עָפָר מִן־הָאֲדָמָה" Genesis.2.7
"וַיִּצֶר ה"א מִן־הָאֲדָמָה כָּל־חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה..." ibid. 19
So according to Rashi and others, Adam was ...
- 25.7k
1
vote
2
answers
185
views
Why "God formed Adam dust" and not "from dust"?
"וַיִּיצֶר ה"א אֶת־הָאָדָם עָפָר מִן־הָאֲדָמָה" Genesis.2.7
Literally, the verse reads "God formed Adam dust from the earth", like if "dust" was an adjective. ...
- 25.7k
0
votes
4
answers
685
views
Why are gentiles forbidden from keeping Shabbat if Adam and Even are considered to have lit the first Havdalah candles?
Judaism forbids gentiles from keeping Shabbat. It's one of the activities which is unique to Jews and their relationship to Hashem.
To contrast this, we have the Noahide laws which were given to the ...
- 903
0
votes
2
answers
124
views
Has anyone ever eaten from the Tree of Life?
Obviously, the Tree of Knowledge was eaten from by Adam and Chava, but is there any evidence or sources that discuss the Tree of Life?
- 87
5
votes
1
answer
410
views
Who named trees and plants?
Following questions about naming animals, in Genesis narrative, God creates Earth, it grows plants and trees, God creates animals, then man, man names animals.
Who named the plants, for example, the 7 ...
- 25.7k
0
votes
0
answers
35
views
Adam wiser than angels - meaning and implications
אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן מֶה הָיְתָה חָכְמָתוֹ? כְּשֶׁבִּקֵּשׁ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לִבְרֹאת אֶת הָאָדָם ... אָמַר לָהֶם אָדָם שֶׁאֲנִי רוֹצֶה לִבְרֹאת חָכְמָתוֹ מְרֻבָּה מִשֶּׁלָּכֶם, מֶה עָשָׂה כִּנֵּס ...
- 25.7k
2
votes
0
answers
32
views
Cursing the ground because of the imagination of the heart?
In Genesis 3:17 G-d says that the ground shall be cursed because of Adam.
Later on in Genesis 8:21 G-d tells Noah that He will never curse the ground again (since the devisings of man’s mind are evil ...
- 7,288
3
votes
0
answers
66
views
Source that Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of Knowledge because they desired autonomy
I remember hearing once that Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of Knowledge because they found G-d's presence in the Garden of Eden to be overbearing and they desired autonomy, so they rejected his sole ...
- 5,335
2
votes
0
answers
71
views
Who existed that might have killed Cain? [duplicate]
In Gen. 1:28 we find G-d instructing them (Adam and Eve) to be fruitful and multiply. Also in Gen 3 we see that her named “the mother of all the living.” Then in Gen. 4 we see G-d telling Cain “...
- 127
1
vote
3
answers
97
views
What positive knowledge was earned from eating the forbidden fruit?
Implicitly, the tree was called "the tree of knowledge of good and bad", and we all know the "bad" part - they realized the wickedness of their nakedness.
My question is simple: ...
- 25.7k
0
votes
0
answers
63
views
Did Adam commit an act of Ahavas Yisroel or self-sacrifice to eat from the Tree of Knowledge?
I've seen on non-Jewish websites explaining the fact that Adam ate from the tree was because he loved Eve more than he loved God, or that he did an act of self-sacrifice so that Eve wouldn't suffer ...
- 2,365
4
votes
2
answers
638
views
What became of Hevel's body?
We read of his fate but we are not told if he was buried or who may have buried him. We can presume Adam and Chava grieved and gave his body a resting place but that is speculation. Is there drash ...
- 1,482
0
votes
1
answer
126
views
Adam & Eve as parable- Kefira? [duplicate]
Is believing that the Adam & Eve story was a parable and not to be read literally, considered Kefira (heresy)? Are there any Gedolim that sanction this position? I know there are other very ...
- 137
0
votes
2
answers
431
views
Skin color Adam and Chava
What skin color did adam and chava have? I learned that if all people indeed came from them at least one of them had to have a dark skin color.
- 711
7
votes
3
answers
459
views
Did Adam and Chava have a child before they sinned? Was childbirth not painful before they sinned?
Did Adam and Chava have a child before they sinned? Was childbirth not painful before they sinned?
In Bereshit 3:16, it says,
To the woman He said, "I shall surely increase your sorrow and your ...
- 83
1
vote
3
answers
155
views
Why Adam wasn’t explicitly commanded to pass his knowledge on to others?
I'm still trying to grasp the way of transmission of the Torah knowledge from day 1. This question can equally deal with two phenomena: the commandment of eating the forbidden fruit or the commandment ...
- 25.7k
1
vote
1
answer
78
views
Was Adam aware of his other part before separation?
וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹקים אֶת־הָאָדָם ... זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה בָּרָא אֹתָם׃
And God created man in His image, ... male and female He created them. (Gen 1.27)
Rashi brings Midrashim:
But according to a ...
- 25.7k