Creation

Why did God create creatures that can harm or kill Man?

In the Garden of Eden God wanted to make the first two humans. He makes Adam the first man. Then he makes Eve the first woman by taking one of his ribs out and creating woman.(Adam was lonely with only the animals to be with) Now we have the first Man and Woman on earth. Then later it mentions that Adam had to leave his father and mother to be one with Eve. If they are first two humans, then they could not have had a father and mother. Genesis 2:24 כד עַל-כֵּן, יַעֲזָב-אִישׁ, אֶת-אָבִיו, וְאֶת-אִמּוֹ; וְדָבַק בְּאִשְׁתּוֹ, וְהָיוּ לְבָשָׂר אֶחָד. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh. Please explain how this makes sense.   Then there is the problem that says Adam and Eve life was less then 10,000 years ago. But carbon dating puts skeletal remains of men or woman at 100,000 years plus years ago. Thanks, Brad

The Torah describes G-d’s creation of two great lights: one for the daytime (presumably the sun) and one for the night (presumably the moon). Scientists have studied the sun well and determined that it indeed provides the light we see in the daytime. But humans have been to the moon and have clearly seen that it is not a source of its own light, but a big ball of rock. And it lights up at night only because it is reflecting the light of the sun. How do we reckon with that?

I know Judaism emphasizes a person’s responsibility to not harm other people. What about our responsibility to the natural world — such as global warming and pollution?

Rabbi, why did God create the world?

My nine year old asked me "If God created the world and the universe, who created God? Where did God come from?" I am not sure how to answer this question and am looking for a way to explain this to him so that he can understand it. I appreciate your assistance.

I have always wondered how from Adam and Eve came all the different races and colors of the world?

Calendars in many countries are from Monday through Sunday, making Sunday the seventh day. What day is the biblical seventh day in those Monday - Sunday countries? Sincerely, George

In Genesis 2:7 - "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." What does "living soul" mean?