Quoting%20commentary for Eruvin 35:18

בשלמא אחור למעשה בראשית דלא איברי עד מעלי שבתא אלא וקדם לפורענות מאי היא אילימא משום קללה הא בתחילה נתקלל נחש ולבסוף נתקללה חוה ולבסוף נתקלל אדם

and the other explains: A tail.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From which Eve was formed.');">⁴⁶</span> According to him who explained: 'a full face', it was quite proper for Scripture to state: Thou hast shaped me behind and before;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra notes 10 and 11');">⁴⁷</span> but according to him who explained: 'A tail', what [could be the meaning of] Thou hast shaped me behind and before?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra notes 10 and 11');">⁴⁷</span>

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