וַיַּפֵּל֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֧ים ׀ תַּרְדֵּמָ֛ה עַל־הָאָדָ֖ם וַיִּישָׁ֑ן וַיִּקַּ֗ח אַחַת֙ מִצַּלְעֹתָ֔יו וַיִּסְגֹּ֥ר בָּשָׂ֖ר תַּחְתֶּֽנָּה׃
[Тогда] Господь Бог погрузил человека в [глубокий] сон, и [когда тот] уснул, вынул у него одно ребро, а место, где оно было, закрыл плотью.
Mei HaShiloach
...Now the serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild beasts (Gen. 3:1).From this it appears that there is greater wisdom in the wild than in the domestic animals. The domestic animal agrees to be subservient and confined to persons in exchange for the person providing food and therefore doesn’t need provide for needs directly from God. The wild animal is wiser by not wanting to receive its needs from flesh and blood, agrees to live a narrower life provided that its support is from the Blessed Name, gazing always on the GiverThe snake, shrewder even than the other animals, surrounded itself with reasons why it didn’t need to even look to God. Rather, it wanted to receive its abundance as a requirement. Therefore, it was cursed quality by quality and would eat dust all its life since it claimed not to need service as was explained in part one (Parashat Ki Tissa: “And He Said”). Israel’s sin was that they sensed the Divine light of the future, as is written in the G’mara (Niddah 61b) that the mitzvot will be obsolete in the future and there will no need for Divine service. In truth, all of Israel’s sins are like eating unripe fruit, wanting the light before its time. As it is explained there (part one Ki Tissa) that they sensed the light of the future when God will reveal the light and there will be no further need for service. Amalek’s quality was to immediately notice what is lacking and then to claim that Amalek as well has no need for service since it is blameless on its mother’s side. The wisdom of the snake was like this.
Rashi
מצלעותיו OF HIS RIBS — The word means of his sides, similar to (Exodus 26:20) ולצלע המשכן “and for the second side of the tabernacle”; this has a bearing upon what they (the Sages) say, (Eruvin 18a): They were created with two faces (sides).
Alshekh
One of his ribs. Not only was Chavah’s body created from Adam’s, but her soul was originally contained within his as well. According to the Sages, bringing a man and woman together is as difficult as splitting the Reed Sea, yet if Chavah had been created separately it would have been much more difficultץ