[Avodah] Why "This Time?"

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From: Richard Wolberg _cantorwolberg at cox.net_ (mailto:cantorwolberg at cox.net) 

>>"And  the man said: 'This time it is bone of my bones, and flesh of my   
flesh; this shall be called Woman, because she was taken from man.'   
" (2:23)

QUESTION: The words "zot hapa'am" ? "this time" ? seem  superfluous?  
Why is it used?

ANSWER: According to the Gemara  (Niddah 31a), there are three partners  
in the formation of man:  Through Hashem, he receives a soul, through  
the father the bones,  nails, and brain, and through the mother, skin  
and flesh. Adam  emphasized that this time, and only this time, the  
bone and the flesh  both came all from the same  Source.<<

>>>>>
Nice vort, but the more obvious explanation goes with the flow of the  
pesukim:  Adam checked out all the animals and couldn't find one of his own  
species, until he met Chava.  "This time she is of my own species, I  finally have 
found a suitable mate."





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