They/Them Pronouns in the Midrash [๐ŸŽฅ]
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Midrash Rabbah

โ€ซื™ืจืžื™ื”ื•โ€ฌ>ื‘ืจื•ืš ื‘ืŸ ื ืจื™ื”>ืขื–ืจื ื”ืกื•ืคืจ>ืฉืžืขื•ืŸ ื”ืฆื“ื™ืง>ืื ื˜ื™ื’ื ื•ืก ืื™ืฉ ืกื•ื›ื•>ื™ื•ืกื™ ื‘ืŸ ื™ื•ืขื–ืจ>ื™ื”ื•ืฉืข ื‘ืŸ ืคืจื—ื™ื”>ื™ื”ื•ื“ื” ื‘ืŸ ื˜ื‘ืื™>ืฉืžืขื™ื”>ื”ืœืœ ื”ื–ืงืŸ>ืฉืžืขื•ืŸ ื‘ืŸ ื”ืœืœ>ืจื‘ืŸ ื’ืžืœื™ืืœ ื”ื–ืงืŸ>ืจื‘ืŸ ืฉืžืขื•ืŸ ื‘ืŸ ื’ืžืœื™ืืœ ื”ื–ืงืŸ>ืจื‘ืŸ ื’ืžืœื™ืืœ ื”ืฉื ื™>ืจื‘ืŸ ืฉืžืขื•ืŸ ื‘ืŸ ื’ืžืœื™ืืœ>ืจื‘ื™ ื™ื”ื•ื“ื” ื”ื ืฉื™ื>ืจื‘ื™ ื™ืฆื—ืง ื‘ืจ ืื‘ื“ื™ืžื™ >ืจื‘>ืจื‘ ื”ื•ื ื>ืจื‘ื™ ื–ื™ืจื>ืจึทื‘ื™ ื™ืจืžื™ื” ื‘ืŸ ืืœืขื–ืจ

ื‘ืจืืฉื™ืช ืจื‘ื” ื—ืณ:ืืณ

(ื) ... ืึธืžึทืจ ืจึทื‘ึผึดื™ ื™ึดืจึฐืžึฐื™ึธื” ื‘ึผึถืŸ ืึถืœึฐืขึธื–ึธืจ ื‘ึผึฐืฉืึธืขึธื” ืฉืึถื‘ึผึธืจึธื ื”ึทืงึผึธื“ื•ึนืฉื ื‘ึผึธืจื•ึผืšึฐ ื”ื•ึผื ืึถืช ืึธื“ึธื ื”ึธืจึดืืฉืื•ึนืŸ, ืึทื ึฐื“ึผึฐืจื•ึนื’ึดื™ื ื•ึนืก ื‘ึผึฐืจึธืื•ึน, ื”ึฒื“ึธื ื”ื•ึผื ื“ึดื›ึฐืชึดื™ื‘ (ื‘ืจืืฉื™ืช ื”, ื‘): ื–ึธื›ึธืจ ื•ึผื ึฐืงึตื‘ึธื” ื‘ึผึฐืจึธืึธื.

Bereshit Rabbah 8:1

(1) ... Said Rโ€™ Yirmiyah ben Elazar: In the hour when the Holy One created the first human, He created him [as] an androgyne/androginos, as it is said, โ€œmale and female He created themโ€.