Adam - Created in Stages
Man's Creation
The Torah detailed the first stage of Adam's creation when it wrote in Bereishit 1:27 "G-d created Adam in His image." That first stage of man's creation consisted of using dust from the earth.
Now the Torah describes a further stage in Adam's coming into being by describing this process as vayitzer (He formed him), i.e. He made him into a Golem, a man-like form lacking vital statistics.
G-d blew a soul of life into Adam's nostrils from His own Holy Spirit.
Adam Index | Articles | Orach Chayim Index | Home