10-09-2020, 12:23 AM
A favorite interpretation of mine was given by Rabbi Samuael Raphael Hirsch when the snake challenges Eve, paraphrased by Rabbi Fohrman from his book The Beast that Crouches at the Door.
Genesis 3:1 - "Even if G-d said do not eat from any of the trees in the garden...[So what]? "Didn't he also create your desires and instincts? Why not listen to those; aren't they the authentic voice of G-d as well?"
The lesson being is a snake does what comes natural and listens to their instincts as do other animals, which is the way G-d created them while the human is to hear a different voice, that of the word of G-d.
Genesis 3:1 - "Even if G-d said do not eat from any of the trees in the garden...[So what]? "Didn't he also create your desires and instincts? Why not listen to those; aren't they the authentic voice of G-d as well?"
The lesson being is a snake does what comes natural and listens to their instincts as do other animals, which is the way G-d created them while the human is to hear a different voice, that of the word of G-d.