The Snake in Man (Just DON'T)

Everybody knows the original story, the first story that's told in the Torah is the story [music] of the snake. It's the serpent that speaks to Kava. A lot of discussion exactly what that symbolizes. One of the most basic ideas when our commentary says that refers to the animal in man. We have a snake. The animal the serpent animal in man saying looks good, smells good, tastes good. And to quote the Nike people, just do it. And that is the urge, the most basic impulse that a human hand being has, you know what? I have an animal in me. I am nothing but an animal. Looks good, smells good, tastes good. Just do it. Torah is [music] teaching us we have to overcome that. That's the failure. The first failure of mankind is to give into the impulse of just do it. And the task of mankind is to look at our challenges and realize [music] you can't always just do it. We have to control ourselves. We are much more than just another animal.