The original sin

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During all this lockdown I have started a conversation (via voice messages) with an openly Christian neighbor of mine about our beliefs. I asked her "why Jesus" because this is one huge part I could never understand about Christianity. 

Her answers are very centered on sin and mankind needing rescue (by accepting Jesus), leading back to the concept of original sin. She said that Judaism and Christianity have this in common, but so far my understanding was that in Judaism the consequences of that incident are not that any person being born "inherits" that sin, but that people start out innocent and without sin, but can, due to their own free will, commit sins in their lifetime. Are there any other interpretations in Judaism? Or is there any passage that suggests people need to be redeemed from that original sin?

Thank you!

As I understand it, we are all born with the original sin - Adam and Eve's belief that Satan told the truth that they would not die if they ate the fruit, and not believing what God said, and subsequently eating the fruit. But we sin because we are born with a sinful nature. The Messiah, Jesus Christ came to free us from ALL sin, past, present and future. 

As a Christian, I find it very easy to believe in Jesus, but I never understand why Jewish people do not. Even the first 5 books, the Torah points to a Messiah yet Jesus is rejected. Please advise me, do Jewish people read all the Old Testament or just the first 5 books?

Your understanding is not what the Hebrew bible says.

Yes we sin but that is a choice. How come Christians don't say we do good as well?

We have both, an evil and a good inclination, it's our choice which one to follow as we are told to choose many times in the Hebrew bible.

We read the entire Hebrew bible as we have for thousands of years. You can see from the Dead Sea Scrolls where many of the writings outside of the first 5 books are written.

There is nothing in the Hebrew bible that points to Jesus as being a messiah, absolutely nothing.

This forum is not to preach Christianity but you are more than welcome to ask questions.

Thank you!