Radak on Genesis : Creation, Humanity, and Torah ■ 145 the serpent had relations with Eve, it injected a foul substance into her . When the Israelites stood at Mount Sinai, their foulness ceased . As for the other nations of the world, which did not stand at Mount Sinai, their foulness did not cease . ” 74 “The woman replied to the serpent, [ ‘We may eat from the fruit of the trees : 3 – 2 : 3 of the garden’ ] ” – The woman’s reply suggests that, at the beginning of her thought process, she does not submit to the seduction . Only gradually does she become seduced . Thus, she initially “said”—i . e . , she replied in her mind—that God did not in fact withhold from us all bodily pleasures, because he created us to eat, drink, But as for the and maintain our bodily existence by using our [ material ] faculties . 75 fruit of the tree [ that is in the midst of the garden, God said ] “you may not eat from it ; nor may you touch it” even in a way that is [ technically ] permitted, other than ...
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