Re: The rabbis take this verse, and deduce that [...] is all there right from the beginning, even before the Fall. Unlike in Christianity, sin did not come in with the Fall; it was there from the very beginning.
1. […] think this is “temptation”.
2. The Yetza Hara was present in the world before the Sin of Adam Ha Rishon, but it was external to man as represented by the snake in the story. It had to be present, as if Adam hadn't had any temptation to eat from the tree, there could have been no potential reward for abstaining. It's fundamental to the purpose of creation. However, after the Sin it became internal, part of Man, so that nowadays a man has a Yetza Tov and a Yetza Hara. FL
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Date: 2009-11-03 05:44 pm (UTC)1. […] think this is “temptation”.
2. The Yetza Hara was present in the world before the Sin of Adam Ha Rishon, but it was external to man as represented by the snake in the story. It had to be present, as if Adam hadn't had any temptation to eat from the tree, there could have been no potential reward for abstaining. It's fundamental to the purpose of creation. However, after the Sin it became internal, part of Man, so that nowadays a man has a Yetza Tov and a Yetza Hara.
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