There is a detail in the opening chapters of Bereishit that almost everyone reads without noticing how strange it really is. The Torah says Adam and Chava were naked and not embarrassed. Later, after the sin, the Torah says God made them clothes. So why does Rashi insist that the clothing actually belonged to an earlier story? Why would God create garments of honor for Adam and Chava before they ever sinned? And if they already had clothes, how did the nachash see them exposed and acting in a way that provoked his plan?

In this episode I explore the surprising chronological structure hidden in the pesukim. Rashi shows that the Torah interrupts the story of woman’s creation with the story of the nachash and then loops back to continue the earlier narrative. Once the real sequence becomes clear, new questions emerge. What were these clothes meant to teach Adam and Chava? Why were they removed? And what does their removal reveal about Adam’s understanding of his dual nature as both a thinking being and an instinctual creature?

I also look at Rashi’s two explanations of the garments themselves. Were they skintight like a second skin or soft like rabbit fur? What do these images convey about kavod ha’adam, tzniut, and the life God intended for man before the yetzer hara entered the picture?

World of Medrash uncovers how Rashi and the Midrash reveal the hidden structure beneath the Chumash and show how each detail contributes to a unified and meaningful story.