_Eiruvin_, fol. 18, col. 1.

There is a notion among the Rabbis that Adam was possessed
originally of a bisexual organization, and this conclusion they
draw from Gen. i. 27, where it is said, "God created man in his
own image; male-female created He them." These two natures, it
was thought, lay side by side; according to some, the male on
the right and the female on the left; according to others, back
to back; while there were those who maintained that Adam was
created with a tail, and that it was from this appendage Eve was
fashioned. Other Jewish traditions tell us that Eve was made
from "the thirteenth rib of the right side" (Targ. Jonath.), and
that "she was not drawn out by the head, lest she should be
vain; nor by the eyes, lest she should be wanton; nor from the
mouth, lest she should be given to garrulity; nor by the ears,
lest she should be an eavesdropper; nor by the hands, lest she
should be intermeddling; nor by the feet, lest she be a gadder;
nor by the heart, for fear she should be jealous; but she was
taken out from the side. Yet, in spite of all these precautions,
she had all the faults so carefully provided against."

If in time of national calamity a man withdraw himself from his kindred
and refuse to share in their sorrow, his two guardian angels come and
lay their hands upon his head and say, "This man has isolated himself
from his country in the day of its need, let him not live to see and
enjoy the day when God shall restore its prosperity." When the community
is in trouble, let no man say, "I will go home and eat and drink, and
say, Peace be unto thee, oh my soul!" (Luke xii. 19); for to him
Scripture hath solemnly said (Isa. xxii. 13, 14), "Surely this iniquity