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<category>Sexual Desire
 
<category>Sexual Desire
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<p>The fruit tree instilled sexual desire in mankind.</p>
 
<mekorot><multilink><a href="IbnEzraBereshitFirstCommentary3-7" data-aht="source">Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraBereshitFirstCommentary2-917" data-aht="source">Bereshit First Commentary 2:9, 17</a><a href="IbnEzraBereshitFirstCommentary3-7" data-aht="source">Bereshit First Commentary 3:7</a><a href="IbnEzraBereshitSecondCommentary2-916-17" data-aht="source">Bereshit Second Commentary 2:9, 16-17</a><a href="IbnEzraBereshitSecondCommentary3-7" data-aht="source">Bereshit Second Commentary 3:7</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham ibn Ezra</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RadakBereshit2-17" data-aht="source">Radak</a><a href="RadakBereshit2-9" data-aht="source">Bereshit 2:9</a><a href="RadakBereshit2-17" data-aht="source">Bereshit 2:17</a><a href="RadakBereshit3-7" data-aht="source">Bereshit 3:7</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="AbarbanelBereshit2-1" data-aht="source">Abarbanel</a><a href="AbarbanelBereshit2-1" data-aht="source">Bereshit 2:1</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak Abarbanel</a></multilink></mekorot>
 
<mekorot><multilink><a href="IbnEzraBereshitFirstCommentary3-7" data-aht="source">Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraBereshitFirstCommentary2-917" data-aht="source">Bereshit First Commentary 2:9, 17</a><a href="IbnEzraBereshitFirstCommentary3-7" data-aht="source">Bereshit First Commentary 3:7</a><a href="IbnEzraBereshitSecondCommentary2-916-17" data-aht="source">Bereshit Second Commentary 2:9, 16-17</a><a href="IbnEzraBereshitSecondCommentary3-7" data-aht="source">Bereshit Second Commentary 3:7</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham ibn Ezra</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RadakBereshit2-17" data-aht="source">Radak</a><a href="RadakBereshit2-9" data-aht="source">Bereshit 2:9</a><a href="RadakBereshit2-17" data-aht="source">Bereshit 2:17</a><a href="RadakBereshit3-7" data-aht="source">Bereshit 3:7</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="AbarbanelBereshit2-1" data-aht="source">Abarbanel</a><a href="AbarbanelBereshit2-1" data-aht="source">Bereshit 2:1</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak Abarbanel</a></multilink></mekorot>
 
<point><b>Meaning of the root "דעת"</b></point>
 
<point><b>Meaning of the root "דעת"</b></point>
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<point><b>Measure for measure punishment?</b></point>
 
<point><b>Measure for measure punishment?</b></point>
 
<point><b>"וַיִּקְרָא הָאָדָם שֵׁם אִשְׁתּוֹ חַוָּה"</b></point>
 
<point><b>"וַיִּקְרָא הָאָדָם שֵׁם אִשְׁתּוֹ חַוָּה"</b></point>
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<point><b>"כִּי בְּיוֹם אֲכׇלְךָ מִמֶּנּוּ מוֹת תָּמוּת"</b></point>
 
<point><b>Eating from the Tree of Life</b></point>
 
<point><b>Eating from the Tree of Life</b></point>
 
</category>
 
</category>
 
<category>Free Will
 
<category>Free Will
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<p>Upon eating from the tree, humans attained the ability to choose between good and bad, or in other words, they were given free will.</p>
 
<mekorot><multilink><a href="RambanBereshit2-10-17" data-aht="source">Ramban</a><a href="RambanBereshit2-10-17" data-aht="source">Bereshit 2:9, 17</a><a href="RambanBereshit3-71622" data-aht="source">Bereshit 3:7, 16, 22</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Moshe b. Nachman</a></multilink></mekorot>
 
<mekorot><multilink><a href="RambanBereshit2-10-17" data-aht="source">Ramban</a><a href="RambanBereshit2-10-17" data-aht="source">Bereshit 2:9, 17</a><a href="RambanBereshit3-71622" data-aht="source">Bereshit 3:7, 16, 22</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Moshe b. Nachman</a></multilink></mekorot>
 
</category>
 
</category>
 
<category>Subjective Knowledge or Moral Conventions
 
<category>Subjective Knowledge or Moral Conventions
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<p>Before the sin, humans had objective knowledge of truths and falsehoods, knowledge gained by pure analytical reasoning.&#160; Afterwards their intellectual level dropped and became the subjective knowledge of moral convention, knowledge gained by custom and empirical observation, but not necessarily true or false.</p>
 
<mekorot><multilink><a href="RambamMorehNevukhim12" data-aht="source">Rambam</a><a href="RambamMorehNevukhim12" data-aht="source">1 2</a><a href="Rambam Moreh Nevukhim" data-aht="parshan">About Rambam Moreh Nevukhim</a></multilink>, Ralbag</mekorot>
 
<mekorot><multilink><a href="RambamMorehNevukhim12" data-aht="source">Rambam</a><a href="RambamMorehNevukhim12" data-aht="source">1 2</a><a href="Rambam Moreh Nevukhim" data-aht="parshan">About Rambam Moreh Nevukhim</a></multilink>, Ralbag</mekorot>
 
<point><b>"וִהְיִיתֶם כֵּאלֹהִים יֹדְעֵי טוֹב וָרָע"</b> – Rambam understands "" in the secular sense of teh word to refer to political leaders.</point>
 
<point><b>"וִהְיִיתֶם כֵּאלֹהִים יֹדְעֵי טוֹב וָרָע"</b> – Rambam understands "" in the secular sense of teh word to refer to political leaders.</point>
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</category>
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<category>Partial / Moral Knowledge
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<mekorot><multilink><a href="RSaadiaGaonCommentaryBereshit2-17" data-aht="source">R. Saadia Gaon</a><a href="RSaadiaGaonCommentaryBereshit2-17" data-aht="source">Commentary Bereshit 2:17</a><a href="RSaadiaGaonCommentaryBereshit3-1" data-aht="source">Commentary Bereshit 3:1</a><a href="RSaadiaGaonCommentaryBereshit3-22" data-aht="source">Commentary Bereshit 3:22</a><a href="R. Saadia Gaon" data-aht="parshan">About R. Saadia Gaon</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RDavidZviHoffmannBereshit2-17" data-aht="source">R. D"Z Hoffmann</a><a href="RDavidZviHoffmannBereshit2-17" data-aht="source">Bereshit 2:17</a><a href="RDavidZviHoffmannBereshit3-7" data-aht="source">Bereshit 3:7</a><a href="RDavidZviHoffmannBereshit3-22" data-aht="source">Bereshit 3:22</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a></multilink></mekorot>
 
</category>
 
</category>
 
<category>Objective Knowledge
 
<category>Objective Knowledge
 
<mekorot>Cassuto</mekorot>
 
<mekorot>Cassuto</mekorot>
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</category>
 
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<category>Partial / Moral Knowledge
 
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<mekorot><multilink><a href="RSaadiaGaonCommentaryBereshit2-17" data-aht="source">R. Saadia Gaon</a><a href="RSaadiaGaonCommentaryBereshit2-17" data-aht="source">Commentary Bereshit 2:17</a><a href="RSaadiaGaonCommentaryBereshit3-1" data-aht="source">Commentary Bereshit 3:1</a><a href="RSaadiaGaonCommentaryBereshit3-22" data-aht="source">Commentary Bereshit 3:22</a><a href="R. Saadia Gaon" data-aht="parshan">About R. Saadia Gaon</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RDavidZviHoffmannBereshit2-17" data-aht="source">R. D"Z Hoffmann</a><a href="RDavidZviHoffmannBereshit2-17" data-aht="source">Bereshit 2:17</a><a href="RDavidZviHoffmannBereshit3-7" data-aht="source">Bereshit 3:7</a><a href="RDavidZviHoffmannBereshit3-22" data-aht="source">Bereshit 3:22</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a></multilink></mekorot>
 
 
</category>
 
</category>
 
<category>Appreciation of Aesthetics
 
<category>Appreciation of Aesthetics
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</category>
 
</category>
 
<category>No New Knowledge
 
<category>No New Knowledge
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<p>The fruit of the tree did not change the intellect of man at all.</p>
 
<mekorot>Midrash Tadshe, <multilink><a href="RSRHirschBereshit2-9" data-aht="source">R. Hirsch</a><a href="RSRHirschBereshit2-9" data-aht="source">Bereshit 2:9</a><a href="R. Samson Raphael Hirsch" data-aht="parshan">About R. Samson Raphael Hirsch</a></multilink>,</mekorot>
 
<mekorot>Midrash Tadshe, <multilink><a href="RSRHirschBereshit2-9" data-aht="source">R. Hirsch</a><a href="RSRHirschBereshit2-9" data-aht="source">Bereshit 2:9</a><a href="R. Samson Raphael Hirsch" data-aht="parshan">About R. Samson Raphael Hirsch</a></multilink>,</mekorot>
 
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Version as of 09:40, 11 September 2017

The Tree of Knowledge

Exegetical Approaches

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Sexual Desire

The fruit tree instilled sexual desire in mankind.

Sources:Ibn EzraBereshit First Commentary 2:9, 17Bereshit First Commentary 3:7Bereshit Second Commentary 2:9, 16-17Bereshit Second Commentary 3:7About R. Avraham ibn Ezra, RadakBereshit 2:9Bereshit 2:17Bereshit 3:7About R. David Kimchi, AbarbanelBereshit 2:1About R. Yitzchak Abarbanel
Meaning of the root "דעת"
Meaning of "טוֹב וָרָע"
"וַיֵּדְעוּ כִּי עֵירֻמִּם הֵם"
"וְהָאָדָם יָדַע אֶת חַוָּה אִשְׁתּוֹ"
"וִהְיִיתֶם כֵּאלֹהִים יֹדְעֵי טוֹב וָרָע"
Measure for measure punishment?
"וַיִּקְרָא הָאָדָם שֵׁם אִשְׁתּוֹ חַוָּה"
"כִּי בְּיוֹם אֲכׇלְךָ מִמֶּנּוּ מוֹת תָּמוּת"
Eating from the Tree of Life

Free Will

Upon eating from the tree, humans attained the ability to choose between good and bad, or in other words, they were given free will.

Sources:RambanBereshit 2:9, 17Bereshit 3:7, 16, 22About R. Moshe b. Nachman

Subjective Knowledge or Moral Conventions

Before the sin, humans had objective knowledge of truths and falsehoods, knowledge gained by pure analytical reasoning.  Afterwards their intellectual level dropped and became the subjective knowledge of moral convention, knowledge gained by custom and empirical observation, but not necessarily true or false.

Sources:Rambam1 2About Rambam Moreh Nevukhim, Ralbag
"וִהְיִיתֶם כֵּאלֹהִים יֹדְעֵי טוֹב וָרָע" – Rambam understands "" in the secular sense of teh word to refer to political leaders.

Partial / Moral Knowledge

Objective Knowledge

Sources:Cassuto

Appreciation of Aesthetics

Sources:? Rashbam

No New Knowledge

The fruit of the tree did not change the intellect of man at all.

Sources:Midrash Tadshe, R. HirschBereshit 2:9About R. Samson Raphael Hirsch,
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