GENESIS — 3:9 where Torah Book & Portion, Book of Genesis, Bereishit (Genesis 1:1-6:8), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-GENPage(s): (See end of excerpt) GEN386 It was taught: “One should never enter his neighbor’s house unexpectedly, but should follow the example of the Holy One blessed be He, who stood at the entrance to the garden and called to Adam, as it is written: [this verse]. Derech Eretz 5 TEMIMAH-GEN 22 SHOW FULL EXCERPT
GENESIS — 3:12 you Torah Book & Portion, Book of Genesis, Bereishit (Genesis 1:1-6:8), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-GENPage(s): (See end of excerpt) GEN393 The Rabbis taught: “Adam was an ingrate, as it is written: [This verse]. Avodah Zarah 5b TEMIMAH-GEN 22 SHOW FULL EXCERPT
GENESIS — 3:13 said Torah Book & Portion, Book of Genesis, Bereishit (Genesis 1:1-6:8), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-GENPage(s): (See end of excerpt) GEN397 From here it is to be derived that one does not furnish a defense for an instigator [in this case, the serpent]. Which defense could have been furnished? “The words of the Master [God], and the words of the disciple [the serpent] – whose words should be heeded? Naturally, the Master’s! Sanhedrin 29a [Author’s note: The snake could have said that it is not to blame, as when there is a contradiction between the statement of the teacher and the statement of the student, whose statement should one listen to? One should listen to the statement of the teacher. Since God instructed Adam and Eve not to eat from the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, Adam and Eve should have heeded God’s words and not those of the snake. Sefaria.org translation of Sanhedrin 29a] TEMIMAH-GEN 23 SHOW FULL EXCERPT
GENESIS — 3:14 cursed Torah Book & Portion, Book of Genesis, Bereishit (Genesis 1:1-6:8), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-GENPage(s): (See end of excerpt) GEN401 The Rabbis taught: “All who set their eyes upon what is not theirs, what they desire is not given them, and what they possess is taken from them. For so we find with this primal serpent, who set his eyes upon what was not his. What he desired was not given him, and what he possessed was taken from him. The Holy One Blessed be He said: ‘I said: “Be king over every beast and animal” – and now: you are more accursed than any beast and any animal of the field. I said: “Walk upright” – and now: walk upon your belly. I said that he should eat the food of men – and now: let him eat dust. He said: ‘I shall kill Adam and Eve’ – and now: I shall place hatred between you and the woman” Sotah 9b TEMIMAH-GEN 23 SHOW FULL EXCERPT
GENESIS — 3:16 rule Torah Book & Portion, Book of Genesis, Bereishit (Genesis 1:1-6:8), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-GENPage(s): (See end of excerpt) GEN403 This teaches us that woman “solicits” in her heart, and a man, verbally. And this is a commendable trait in a woman. Eruvin 100b TEMIMAH-GEN 24 SHOW FULL EXCERPT
GENESIS — 3:16 urge Torah Book & Portion, Book of Genesis, Bereishit (Genesis 1:1-6:8), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-GENPage(s): (See end of excerpt) GEN405 This teaches us that a woman has a desire for her husband when he is about to set out on a journey. This is the basis for the Rabbis’ ruling: “One must ‘remember’ his wife before he sets out on a journey” Yevamot 62 TEMIMAH-GEN 24 SHOW FULL EXCERPT
GENESIS — 3:21 clothed Torah Book & Portion, Book of Genesis, Bereishit (Genesis 1:1-6:8), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-GENPage(s): (See end of excerpt) GEN432 R. Simlai expounded: “Great is lovingkindness, for the Torah begins with lovingkindness and ends with lovingkindness. The beginning: [this verse]. The end Deuteronomy 34:6: ‘And He buried him in the valley’” Sotah 14a TEMIMAH-GEN 26 SHOW FULL EXCERPT
GENESIS — 4:7 crouches Torah Book & Portion, Book of Genesis, Bereishit (Genesis 1:1-6:8), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-GENPage(s): (See end of excerpt) GEN468 R. Simlai expounded: [When a child is yet in his mother’s womb] “he is taught all of the Torah, and as soon as he enters the world, an angel comes, strikes him on the mouth, and causes him to forget the entire Torah, as it is written: “Sin lies at the door.’” Niddah 30b TEMIMAH-GEN 28 SHOW FULL EXCERPT
GENESIS — 4:7 crouches Torah Book & Portion, Book of Genesis, Bereishit (Genesis 1:1-6:8), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-GENPage(s): (See end of excerpt) GEN469 Rav said: “The evil inclination is like a fly that lies between the two doors of the heart, as it is written Ecclesiastes 10:1: ‘The flies of death, etc.’” Shmuel says: “It is like a wheat grain, as it is written: ‘Sin [chatath – similar to chitah (wheat grain)] lies at the door’” Berachot 61a TEMIMAH-GEN 27 SHOW FULL EXCERPT
GENESIS — 4:7 crouches Torah Book & Portion, Book of Genesis, Bereishit (Genesis 1:1-6:8), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-GENPage(s): (See end of excerpt) GEN470 Rebbe [R. Judah Hanasi] said: “This was taught me by Antoninus: ‘The evil inclination reigns in a man from the time he enters the world, as it is written: “Sin lies at the door [of life]’” Sanhedrin 91b TEMIMAH-GEN 27-8 SHOW FULL EXCERPT