Teshuva

I think that right now is the perfect time for us to be learning about the sin of Adam and Chava, because it is very close to Rosh Hashana where we are supposed to do teshuva and ask for Hashem's forgiveness. Like the snake (Chava's Yetzer Hara) making Chava eat from the tree, we have to try to push away our Yetzer Hara and not give in to it.When you think about how much one person can change the whole world it seems kind of scary, it makes you want to think more about the actions you are going to take. This month we ask Hashem to forgive us for the sins that we have done. If Adam and Chava had begged for forgiveness instead of just running away and getting punished, maybe the whole world would be completely different. Hashem could have rethought their punishment and our relationship with Hashem might have been much closer.