(Please refer to Genesis 3:4-5) This caused Adam to have a tremendous downfall for which the world still needs to rectify. In actuality "falsehood" is the cause of much evil. Yet the very middle letter of the entire Torah is the Letter of Truth, namely the "VAV". This is primarily teaching us that the very foundation of the Torah is the pursuit of truth which is strongly emphasized by the very location of the "vav" in the center of the Torah. Actually, it seems as if both halves of the Torah are hinging on the "vav". This seems to be a formidable task for the "vav", yet the Torah has full and unyielding confidence in its ability to keep the Torah whole. Similarly, we must also keep the Torah whole by being truthful with ourselves and others. This is a mighty task that we must struggle with daily ever since the snake tried to pervert us towards falsehood. Have a good Shabbos