With the Help of Heaven

Adam HaRishon was created on the sixth day of Rosh Hashanah. In Midrash Avkhir and Yalkut Bereishit, section 34, it says that when the Holy One, Blessed be He, sought to create the world, the beginning of His creation was only man, and He made him a golem (a body without a soul), so that it would not be said that He had a partner in the act of creation. After He had completed everything, He cast a soul into him and set him up, and the world was included in him; with him He began, and with him He ended, as it is written (Psalms 139), "Behind and before You have formed me" (or "Behind and before You fashioned me") .

First Hour: His dust was gathered (Sanhedrin 38), but in Tanchuma, Parshat Shmini, it says in the first hour he came into thought.

Second Hour: He became a golem (Sanhedrin 38 and piliah), second hour He consulted with the angels (Tanchuma), second hour his form was created (Adre"n, chapter 1), second hour He kneaded him (from the commentary on Kiddush Hachodesh by the Rambam).

Third Hour: His limbs were stretched out (Sanhedrin there), third hour His dust was gathered (Tanchuma, Yalkut Tehillim in the Psalm for the Sabbath day, Yalkut Pinchas, and in Pesikta, the Ra'n brings it in the first chapter of Rosh Hashanah), third hour He formed him (from the commentary on Kiddush Hachodesh mentioned above) and in Ma'or Einayim (chapter 40) he wrote that this is not found in any book.

Fourth Hour: A soul was cast into him (Sanhedrin there and piliah), fourth hour He kneaded him (Tanchuma), fourth hour his limbs were connected (Adre"n, chapter 1).

Fifth Hour: He stood on his feet (Sanhedrin there, Pere"a chapter 10, and Piliah), fifth hour He embroidered him (Tanchuma), fifth hour his openings were opened (Adre"n).

Sixth Hour: He called out names (Sanhedrin there, Pere"a, and piliah), sixth hour He set him up as a golem (Tanchuma), sixth hour a soul was given to him (Adre"n), and in Bereishit Rabbah, chapter 18 and Parshat Tetzaveh, chapter 36, three did not wait six hours: Adam HaRishon, Israel, and Sisera. Adam HaRishon, "and they were not ashamed," did not come at six, so Adam sinned at midday, and so wrote the Yefe"t. And the book Tuv Ta'am VeDa'at, Orach Chaim (section 443) questioned, "But Adam HaRishon sinned in the tenth hour, so how can it be said they did not come at six?" The answer is that the beginning of Adam HaRishon's preparation was the sixth hour, because then his dust was heaped up, as our Sages of blessed memory said (I have not found this that his dust was heaped up in the sixth hour), therefore he needed to be careful not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge at least until six hours from the time his dust was heaped up. Therefore, the prohibition of chametz is from six hours and up, as a rectification for Adam HaRishon, and so it is concluded.

Seventh Hour: Eve was paired with him (Sanhedrin there, Pere"a, and piliah), seventh hour He cast a soul into him (Tanchuma and Yalkut Re"eh, chapter 29), seventh hour He stood on his feet (Adre"n), seventh hour on the eve of the Sabbath he entered the Garden of Eden and at twilight he was expelled (Pere"a, chapter 19).

Eighth Hour: They went up to the bed, two, and came down four (Sanhedrin there). And in Tosefta: Adam and Eve, and Cain and his twin sister, but Abel and his two twin sisters were not born at this time, therefore it is said "and she added to bear" (and see Chiddushei Aggadot) and they came down six (piliah and Bereishit Rabbah chapter 22). Eighth hour they were brought into the Garden of Eden (Tanchuma), eighth hour he was commanded (Pere"a), eighth hour Eve was paired with him (Adre"n). Adam and Eve were created as if they were twenty years old, with their faces to the east, and no creature cohabited with his wife before Adam (Bereishit Rabbah chapter 22).

Ninth Hour: He commanded him (Sanhedrin there, Tanchuma, and piliah), ninth hour He brought him into the Garden of Eden (Adre"n), ninth hour they went up to the bed, etc. (Pere"a), ninth hour the decree of death was passed upon him and he did not withstand his test for three hours (Shemot Rabbah, chapter 32, and see there in Me'or Einayim and Yefe"t), and it is written in the Levush Orach Chaim (section 428) that in the ninth hour he was commanded not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge, and the same applies to other commandments and the sanctification of the new moon, and he immediately sanctified it, and since he sanctified it at the beginning of the ninth hour, it must be that he sanctified it based on sighting. And since the moon was seen at the beginning of the ninth hour, it must be that it was born six hours earlier, which is the beginning of the third hour, as it is said in the first chapter of Rosh Hashanah: the moon is hidden for 24 hours, 18 from the old moon and six from the new. Thus, the moon's molad (birth) was on the sixth day after the passing of twelve hours from the night and two hours from the day, and so it is concluded.

Tenth Hour: He transgressed (Sanhedrin there, Tanchuma, Pere"a, and piliah), tenth hour He commanded him (Adre"n).

Eleventh Hour: He was judged and did not withstand the command for one hour (Sanhedrin there, Pere"a, Tanchuma, and piliah), eleventh hour he sinned (Adre"n).

Twelfth Hour: He was expelled (Sanhedrin there, Tanchuma, Pere"a, and piliah), twelfth hour he was sent forth with permission (Pesikta and Sefer HaMussar).

The world was created in six days, each day having twelve hours, for there was no creation at night, as it is written "on the day the Lord God made the earth and the heavens." Six times twelve is 72 hours, and this is what is meant by "The world shall be built with kindness" (Chese"d, whose numerical value is 72) (Bechaye, Parshat Tetzaveh).

And Adam and his wife transgressed the command of HaShem which He commanded, and His anger was kindled against them, and He cursed them and drove them out on that day from the Garden of Eden to work the ground, and they went and dwelled to the east of the Garden of Eden. And Adam knew Chavah his wife, and she bore two sons and three daughters, and she called the name of the firstborn Kayin, saying, "I have acquired a man from HaShem." And the second she called Hevel, for she said, "In vanity we have come to the land, and in vanity we take from it" [(Sefer HaYashar) The nations say that Kayin was born fifteen years after the creation of Adam, and his twin sister was Kalmanah, and Adam with Chavah his wife had thirty children besides Kayin and Hevel, and some say that there were one hundred (Shir HaShirim 32). The twin of Kayin was his wife Kalmanah, and the twin of Hevel was his wife Bilvira, Abarbanel (Bereishit 4:1)].

On the first of Shabbat, he entered the waters of the upper Gihon up to his neck and he fasted for seven Shabbat days until his body became like a dog [(meaning thin and red, and in the genealogy it is explained as like a dog)]. He said, "Just as the tablets were written by the finger of HaShem, they are destined to flee from the days of the Jordan [(in the days of Yehoshua)]. My body, which was formed by His two hands and the spirit of the breath of His mouth blew into my nostrils, all the more so. And he said, 'While I am alive, I will build for myself a resting place for my bones after my death; they will make for my bones an idol. Therefore, I am digging my coffin deep into the earth, a cave within a cave.' For this reason, it is called the Cave of Machpelah [(see Pirkei Avot and Yalkut, section 34, and thus it is explained in the Zohar)].

Adam HaRishon was commanded regarding six commandments: idolatry, illicit relations, murder, theft, the blessing of HaShem, and laws [(Sanhedrin and Rambam, 9th chapter of Laws of Kings and Bereshit Rabbah, chapter 17)]. Adam HaRishon completed the year and entrusted it to Chanuch [(Yuchsin and Avot, year 956)].

And HaShem made for Adam and his wife, upon their departure from Gan Eden, garments of skin. [The garments were made from the skin that the serpent stripped off, (Pirkei Avot 1:2 and Yalkut, section 34) from the tachash that was in the days of Moshe (in Chayei, Parashat Bereshit) from the skin of the female leviathan that HaShem salted for the righteous (Tanchuma, Parashat HaPoalim, chapter 4, which aligns with what is stated in the Shalah, Parashat Toldot, (Drush 7) and in the notes that the garments of delight were made from the skin of the leviathan according to what I will write, for the garments of skin that Esav took from Nimrod), and concerning the worm of Yaakov, our sages have written that the garments of skin were made from its claw (Ashel HaBrachah). And in the book Ma'aseh HaShem, chapter 19, it is written that they are the hairs that grow upon the private parts.] And upon the death of Adam and his wife, the garments were given to Chanoch, the son of Yered, and when Chanoch took the garments, he gave them to Metushelach, and upon his death, Noach took them into the ark. And when he came out, Cham stole the garments and hid them from his brothers, and when Cham gave birth to Cush, his firstborn, he secretly gave him the garments. And when he fathered Nimrod, he gave him those garments, and Esav killed him and took them from him [(Sefer HaYashar)].

Adam [][was reincarnated in Avraham, and Chavah in Sarah, and afterwards Chavah was reincarnated in Yitzchak, and afterwards both of them in Yaakov and his wife (M' HaNaalam D'S"V and Y"R Bereshit D"Ch Ra"B). Shaul was in the essence of Adam at the head (see B"A T'Taf"Z), Mordechai and Esther were in the secret of the judgment of Adam HaRishon and were at the head of Adam HaRishon (see G"A Sh'Tz"V). Avshalom was in the secret of the hair of Adam HaRishon (see B"A T'Tak"Z). He was reincarnated in Chavakuk (Agadot R"N"D). A part of the soul of Adam HaRishon came to Yosef (Avot D'Rabbi Natan R"L"V). Chavah was reincarnated in Sarah, Chana, Shunamit, and Tzarfatit (Avot D'Rabbi Natan T'Ta"Y). She was reincarnated in Batya, the daughter of Pharaoh (Avot D'Rabbi Natan Sh'S"Ch)]:

Cain begot one hundred sons [(Bereishit Rabbah, Kohelet, in the section "If a man begets a hundred")], and he was killed in the days of Lamech [(as mentioned)] and some say in the days of the Flood [(as noted in the year 1796 in length)]:

Cain [][reincarnated into Jethro, the Egyptian, as is known (see B.A. 89). He reincarnated into Laban (see B.A. 125). Jethro is the good aspect of Cain, and Balak is the evil aspect, and the mixed multitude is from Cain. Jethro is the soul of Cain, Shmuel is the spirit of Cain, and Nadav and Avihu are the spirit and soul, and both are clothed in Shmuel (Chas"L Ma'ayan Ha' 25). He reincarnated into the flesh of the bakers (Y.R. Parashat Vayeshev in the name of G.R.). He reincarnated into Reuven, and through the sin of Reuven, the soul of Cain departed from him and was given to Jethro (the intent of the Arizal, S.Z. 1, and Chas"L there). Elisha ben Shafat is a manifestation of Cain (see G.A. 47). Yehezkel is from the root of Cain (A.G. 32). The Egyptian is the soul of Cain (A.B. 86). Bilam is from the evil portion of Cain (A.B. 88). Yael is from his root (see B.A. 576)].

And it came to pass after a number of days and years that Cain brought from the fruit of the ground, and Abel brought from the firstborn of his flock and from their fat. And fire descended from the heavens and consumed the offering of Abel, and Cain became envious of Abel. And it was, from days that they went out to the field to do their work, Cain tilled the ground, and Abel was a shepherd of his flock. And the sheep passed over the place of the plowing which Cain had plowed, and Cain approached Abel in his anger and said, "What is there between you and me that you have come with your flock to graze in my land?" And Abel said, "What is it to you that you eat the fruit of my flock and wear their wool? Now remove from you the wool of my flock and repay for the calves and their meat which you have eaten; then I too will leave your land or I will fly in the heavens if I can," etc. And Cain rose up and took the iron tool of his plow and struck his brother and killed him [(Seder HaDoros)] two days' journey from Hebron, the place where Cain killed Abel [(Gilyonot Aharonim)].

Hevel lived three days [(Bereishit Rabbah 22) and the author of the Yiphtach wrote that this is a typographical error, meaning according to the opinion that he existed until Hanukkah, it would have been more than forty days. It seems to me that it should be sixty days, and the sixty was mistakenly written as forty, and it was printed as fifty, and so forth. And in the Abarbanel on Bereishit and in the Miklal Yofi on Bereishit 36 in the name of the Yosifun, it is stated that he was one hundred years old when he was killed. And Rabbeinu Avraham Ibn Ezra wrote, "And it was at the end of days, a year." And in the Tanchuma, it states that Kayin was one hundred years old when he killed Hevel, and the reason is discussed in the Or Yakarot on Bereishit.]

Hevel [][was reincarnated in Yaakov (as cited in Avodah Zarah 85a), was reincarnated in Yefet (as mentioned in Shemos Rabbah), Bilam and Balak are the evil ones, and Moshe is the good aspect of Hevel (as cited in Tanchuma 28), Ruth is the reincarnation of Hevel (as cited in Tanna Devei Eliyahu 577), the two twin sisters of Hevel are Tzipporah and Batya, the daughter of Pharaoh (as cited in Chassidut Ma'ayan Ha'ashar 25), Shunamit is an additional twin of Hevel (as cited in Agadah M'G), and likewise the wife of Yechezkel (as cited in Agadah Sh'lach).]

And HaShem said to Cain, "You shall be a wanderer and a fugitive in the land." And he went wandering and fugitive in the land of the east of Eden. And Cain knew his wife in those days, and she bore him Enoch. In those days, HaShem began to grant him rest and to quiet him in the land, and he built a city and called the name of the city Enoch, after the name of his son. And he was not a wanderer and fugitive as before. And Enoch begot Irad, and Irad begot Mehuyael, and Mehuyael begot Methushael, and Methushael begot Lamech [(Seder HaDoros)].