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437) “And the serpent was cunning.” The serpent is the evil inclination, who seduces to sin. The serpent was really […]

432) “And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, ‘From any tree of the garden you may eat.’” A command

418) “And no shrub of the field was yet in the earth … for the Lord had not showered rain

412) When the Creator wished to make the man, all the upper ones and lower ones were shaken because all

408) “And God created the great sea monsters” which are the leviathan [whale] and his mate. The leviathan is Yesod

405) “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living souls [Nefashot]” is the lower waters, which beget Nefashot [pl. of

390) “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven.” It is written, “lights” [in Hebrew] without the Vav.

388) “By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath

369/2) “These waters conceived and begot darkness.” It is written about it, “And the veil shall divide for you between

365) “And God said, ‘Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water, and let it divide between