Thursday 21 April 2016

parashat bereishit - why Adam and Eve felt shame?


after Adam and Eve ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, it says:


"And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were nak-ed, and they sewed fig leaves and made themselves girdles." (Gen.3:7).



Apparently before this, they did not experience shame of being nak-ed. Why did knowledge of good and evil also bring with it a feeling of shame at one's nake-dness? What is the connection between the two.


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