Reply To: Bereishis – Tying the End of the Torah to the beginning.

The Chasam Sofer says that if Adam Harishon would have waited until shabbos, he could have eaten from the eitz hadaas as the kedusha of shabbos would have kept him in line. He might have eaten a chatzi shiur, small amount as the midrash said אכלתי ואוכל, I ate and will eat. He ate erev shabbos just before the arrival of shabbos. He said that I can eat more on shabbos, so it will not accumulate and therefore I am not responsible for what I am eating now. The Mayanai Shel Torah explains the above midrash that he wanted to indicate, he is eating letaovan, of desire and not lehachis, to anger on purpose by violating the commandment.