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<div>>> "And the man said: 'This time it is bone of my bones, and flesh of my<br>flesh; this shall be called Woman, because she was taken from man.'<br>" (2:23)</div>
<p>QUESTION: The words "zot hapa'am" ? "this time" ? seem superfluous?<br>Why is it used?</p>
<div>ANSWER: According to the Gemara (Niddah 31a), there are three partners<br>in the formation of man: Through Hashem, he receives a soul, through<br>the father the bones, nails, and brain, and through the mother, skin<br>
and flesh. Adam emphasized that this time, and only this time, the<br>bone and the flesh both came all from the same Source. <<</div>
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<div>The Rashbam on that Passuk, along somewhat similar lines, is one of my favorites - this time the woman came from the man, from here on in the man comes out of the woman...</div>
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