Why do Jews hold that G^d is male?
Actually, properly translated, G^d created: ‘a human,’ not: ‘Man.’ But, let’s focus on the Creat^r. There are several reasons why G^d gets male conjugations in the Hebrew Bible. (And even when it uses the word for ‘Divine Presence,’ which is Shecheenah, a female form, it still has: His Divine Presence, which is Shecheenatoh.) That is not because G^d has a male body, figure, or gender identity, perish the thought. (Yet, the word Lechah (‘for you,’ male) changes in Lach (‘for you,’ female) at the end of a clause. It still then means: ‘for you,’ male. But, apparent...