Wednesday, September 14, 2011
does the punishment fit the crime?
when adam and chava got kicked out of the garden of eden, they messed up, and it seems like they knew, too. however, did they know the extent of their crime? they were, like, a day old. when this happened. we don't get a young child in as much trouble for, say, kicking someone than an older person. the younger child doesn't really know better, but the older one does. therefore, the older one gets in the most trouble. getting kicked out of the garden of eden was a serious punishment, along with their other punishments. is it possible that adam and chava were not really aware that what they were doing was so bad? or did they, but they did it anyway?
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I agree with Emma. This punishment does seem pretty harsh for two people that were just created/just born. But, at the same time we have to remember that they unlike babies, they were spoken to by Hashem, which must have had some kind of effect on them. I do think though that their punishment should not have been so severe considering that it was a snake that persuaded them to sin, not their own will. They didn't come up with an evil plan to sin and make G-d angry. But, after talking with the snake, Chava believed that she could eat from the Tree.
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