Hours of the Day - Source Texts

Talmud Bavli Sanhedrin 38b

Rebbi Yochanan ben Chanina says: There were 12 hours to the day.

• 1st Hour: His dust was gathered
• 2nd Hour: He was made into a Golem (a lifeless form)
• 3rd Hour: His limbs were stretched out
• 4th Hour: A Neshamah was thrown into him
• 5th Hour: He stood on his legs
• 6th Hour: He called names (i.e. he named all the animals)
• 7th Hour: Chava was made for him
• 8th Hour: They went up to bed as 2 and came down as 4
• 9th Hour: He was commanded not to eat from the tree
• 10th Hour: He sinned
• 11th Hour: He was judged
• 12th Hour: He was sent off on his way

Vayikra Rabba 29:1

• 1st Hour: Hashem decided to create Man (literally, it came up in thought)
• 2nd Hour: He (Hashem) sought advice of the ministering angels
• 3rd Hour: He brought together the dust
• 4th Hour: He bound it together
• 5th Hour: He wove it
• 6th Hour: He made it into a Golem (a lifeless form)
• 7th Hour: He blew a soul in to him.
• 8th Hour: He brought him to Gan Eden
• 9th Hour: He was commanded
• 10th Hour: He sinned
• 11th Hour: He was judged
• 12th Hour: He went on his way (i.e. out of Gan Eden)

Pirkei D'Rebbi Eliezer Chapter 11

• 1st Hour: He brought together the dust of Adam
• 2nd Hour: He bound it together
• 3rd Hour: He wove it
• 4th Hour: He threw a Neshamah in to him
• 5th Hour: He stood him up on his legs
• 6th Hour: He called names
• 7th Hour: Chava was made for him
• 8th Hour: They were commanded about the fruits of the tree
• 9th Hour: They went up to the bed 2 and came down 4
• 10th Hour: He brought him to Gan Eden and he went against His command
• 11th Hour: He was judged
• 12th Hour: He was expelled