For only 18 dollars you can sponsor a shiur, a Q&A, a Dvar Torah or an event. Your small contributions go a long way towards helping us continue to do the great work we are doing at Nitzotzos. To sponsor please email us at Nitzotzos@gmail.com וּלְאָדָ֣ם אָמַ֗ר כִּ֣י שָׁמַ֘עְתָּ֘ לְק֣וֹל אִשְׁתֶּ֒ךָ֒ וַתֹּ֨אכַל֙ מִן־הָעֵ֔ץ אֲשֶׁ֤ר צִוִּיתִ֨יךָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹ֥א תֹאכַ֖ל מִמֶּ֑נּוּ אֲרוּרָ֤ה הָֽאֲדָמָה֙ בַּֽעֲבוּרֶ֔ךָ בְּעִצָּבוֹן֙ תֹּֽאכֲלֶ֔נָּה כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֥י חַיֶּֽיךָ “ And to man He said, "Because you listened to your wife, and you ate from the tree from which I commanded you saying, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed be the ground for your sake; with toil shall you eat of it all the days of your life .” (Bereishis 3:17) Adam HaRishon was commanded not to eat from the Eitz HaDaas, the Tree of Knowledge. It was the only instruction he was given but he did not fulfill the word of God. His punishment was that the ground was now cursed. Whereas until now he could have lived off of the land with no toil whatsoever, now Adam was destined to work the ground to provide for his sustenance. The word בְּעִצָּבוֹן֙ is translated as toil but it shares the same root as the word for sadness. What is the relationship here between toiling to work the ground and sadness? Is it sad to put in a hard day’s work? I think for most of us we feel accomplished after we invest our time and energy into a meaningful project. Furthermore, when we look at God’s commandment to Adam that he not eat from the tree,
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