When Rabbi Adam Chalom stands before ... than he wrestled with the existence of God. His undergraduate years at Yale University fueled a passion to reach Jews on the margins.

In proving that God offered Adam a chance to repent ... וָחַ֥י לְעֹלָֽם׃ …to make sure he doesn’t reach for the Tree of Life, eat from it, and live forever.

One of the most iconic bits of the work is the hand of Adam, reaching out to God. It’s often seen as a representation of Adam reaching out for knowledge of his creator, or knowledge of himself.

He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from ... Learn the history of the “forbidden” fruit. But Adam was lonely. God recognized this, and caused Adam to fall into a deep ...

From Eve’s risky reach for knowledge to the ... and the one Adam and Eve are most responsible for introducing. From the moment God divides them in two, they alone are responsible for writing ...