G38 wrote on 19 Oct 2009 11:31:
Blessed
On a more humored note, never rush to do what YH is telling you. Look in last weeks parsha, after chava was enticed by the snake it says in Rashi that she gave to all the animals to eat from the tree of knowledge so that they will all die eventually. Every animal had his share but the tortoise that came along slowly and wasn't running to sin got one of the longest life span, up to 400 year!. So tell the YH "ok I will do it but I don't have to run, let's do it next week"
Yes! I made the same point at my Shabbos table this week. Adam and Chava had countless trees to eat from. Even if they were going to eat from the Eitz HaDaas, they should have at least eaten from the other trees first - that could have kept them busy for years! Their eating from the Eitz HaDaas on the first day was illogical. I know that incident is where the expression "forbidden fruit" comes from, but it still makes no logical sense.
