Rav Nachman bar Rav Chisda said: When the Torah says "God created Adam," (Breshit 2:7) why is the word "created" (vayitzer) spelled with two yuds? Because God created people with two inclinations (yeztarim), good and evil.
Rav Nachman bar Yitchak objected: When the Torah discusses the creation of animals, there is only one yud. But we see that animals do have an evil inclination. They bite, they break things...
Instead, we should accept the words of Rebbe Shimon ben Pazi to explain the two yuds. As Rebbe Shimon ben Pazi said: my Creator (yotzer) is out to get me, and my evil inclination (yetzer) is out to get me.
Or we could accept the words of Rebbe Yirmiya ben Elazar. As Rebbe Yirmiya ben Elazar said: God created Adam with two faces, as King David says, "You created me back and forth." (Tehillim 139:5)
(Brachot 61a)
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