[Avodah] Adam Ha'rishon

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 05:08:58PM -0400, Cantor Wolberg wrote:
: Therefore I ask how it was possible for Adam Ha'rishon to have been  
: enticed by the nachash through Chava? 

It does suggest that the sin *had* to have been far more subtle than
a naive reading of the chumash would suggest. But Chazal already have
a pattern of saying that.

Two possibilities, not an exhaustive list of what one can find among
rishonim: Adam could simply have been misled because he didn't know
what a lie was -- the possibility never crossed his mind. Naivite,
not ignorance or moral failing. Or, that he /wanted/ a life of
moral choice rather than choosing truth, because he underestimated
the power of the yeitzer hara and wanted the chance at mitzvos.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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