05-06-2020, 02:35 AM
Putting the midrash aside, the questions he asks seem pretty legit.
What did death mean to Adam?
G-d didn't say "if" you eat from it, He said "the day you eat from it".
Adam didn't have a yetzer hara yet.
G-d didn't say they would suffer, He said they would die. Why no warning, that wasn't part of the deal!
Did Adam and Eve know what life was like outside the garden?
Why would Adam name his wife Chava (life) if she helped bring death to the world?
What did death mean to Adam?
G-d didn't say "if" you eat from it, He said "the day you eat from it".
Adam didn't have a yetzer hara yet.
G-d didn't say they would suffer, He said they would die. Why no warning, that wasn't part of the deal!
Did Adam and Eve know what life was like outside the garden?
Why would Adam name his wife Chava (life) if she helped bring death to the world?