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He does for the best.
And Rav Huna said that Rav said in the name of R' Meir: One’s words should always be few before God as it is stated: “Be not rash with your mouth and let not your heart be hasty to utter a word before God; for God is in heaven, and you upon earth. Therefore, let your words be few” (Ecclesiastes 5:1)
Rav Naḥman bar Rav Ḥisda interpreted homiletically: What is the meaning of that which is written: “Then YHWH God formed [vayyitzer] man” (Genesis 2:7), with a double yod? This double yod alludes to that fact that God created two inclinations; one a good inclination and one an evil inclination.
Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak strongly objects to this: If that is so, does an animal, with regard to whom vayyitzer is not written with a double yod, not have an inclination? Don’t we see that it causes damage and bites and kicks? Rather, interpret the double yod homiletically, in accordance with the op
Alternatively, this duplication in the language of creation can be explained in accordance with the statement of R' Yirmeya ben Elazar, as R' Yirmeya ben Elazar said: God created two faces [du partzufin] on Adam the first man; he was created both male and female in a single body, as it is stated: “