Sin Revisited (2)

And YHWH Elohim formed Man out of dry, loose earth dirt Genesis 2:7a (my translation) Formed – We’ve learned that this occurrence of yatsar contains a double Yod.  The rabbis tell us that this indicates the two impulses of Man, the yetser ha-tov and the yester ha’ra.  It’s pretty clear that tov (good) and ra…