Here is what they had to say “When the Holy One, blessed is He created the first human, He created him as an androgynous.
Our sages of blessed memory took up this issue in Bereshit Rabbah, the famous Midrash (a traditional Jewish form of scriptural analysis) on the book of Bereshit. So, what is going on here? If it is only Adam who is created on the sixth day, who is “male and female”? Upon close inspection the above verse is difficult, it describes the events of creations sixth day, Chava was not created until the eighth day (Bereshit 2:18). We’re all familiar with this story, HaShem creates Adam and Chava, but be careful. The Torah relates that HaShem created the first human “So G-d created humankind in His image: in the image of G-d He created him male and female He created them” (Bereshit 1:27). But something which is indisputable is that diversity of sexuality and gender has always been a part of HaShem’s creation.
What does Jewish tradition have to say about LGBTQIA+ people? Well like any question in the Jewish world, there are almost infinite potential answers.
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