Man vs. Snake in Perek 3

Perek 3 is the first place in the entire Torah where we see man sin or disobey Hashem. He gave man very clear restrictions concerning the fruit and the garden in general. Man was not allowed to eat from the tree of knowledge, but they were allowed to eat from any other tree in the garden. Man lived in the garden that Hashem created for them until the snake came along. The snake was "ערום", which is a play on words because Man was called ערום in Perek 2. He manipulated the restrictions given by Hashem and made it sound like Hashem "feared" the power man might possess if he ate from the tree of knowledge. The snake convinced Eve that it would be fine to eat from the tree, so she took the fruit, shared it with her husband, and ate it. As soon as they ate the fruit, they came to the realization that they were naked and made clothes for themselves. Two very important things changed when man ate the fruit. The first is that man violated a direct commandment from Hashem. This was a sort of "Pandora's box" in the Torah. After man first sinned, it opened the door for more people to defy Hashem's commandments. Also, the tree of knowledge represents the boundary between man and Hashem. Although man was created in the image of Hashem, He is omniscient and omnipotent. Man has to realize that although we have free will and we are supposed to rule the animals, we have to recognize the all powerful one who created us and gave us a role in this world.