The rabbinic sages often viewed textual difficulties or oddities as opportunities to uncover or teach profound lessons. Thus, when we read of God asking Adam, a mere human being, to name the creatures of the earth, the sages confronted a…

The rabbinic sages often viewed textual difficulties or oddities as opportunities to uncover or teach profound lessons. Thus, when we read of God asking Adam, a mere human being, to name the creatures of the earth, the sages confronted a…