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What happens after the first murder? After Cain kills Abel, what kind of justice, or mercy, is extended? Genesis 4:15 tells us: "The Lord said to him: Therefore, anyone who kills C...
The Torah tells us, "Cain departed from the presence of the Lord, and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden" (Genesis 4:16). But where did he really go? The Rabbis of the Bereshit...
It’s a question that echoes through the ages, right back to the very beginning. In the Book of Genesis (4:17), we read: “Cain was intimate with his wife and she conceived, and gave...
We choose them carefully, hoping they’ll embody certain qualities, or perhaps carry on a family legacy. But what if a name wasn't a blessing, but a curse? What if it foreshadowed i...
The Torah gives us a glimpse into the lives of Cain's descendants, painting a picture that's not always flattering. to what Bereshit Rabbah, a classic collection of Rabbinic interp...
We find ourselves with Lemekh, a descendant of Cain. He's talking to his wives, Ada and Tzila, and things are… complicated. He says, "Hear my voice, wives of Lemekh, listen to my s...
Take the story of Adam and Eve after the tragic loss of Abel. We read in Genesis 4:25, "Adam was further intimate with his wife and she gave birth to a son, and she called his name...
We're talking about way back in the beginning, just after the expulsion from Eden. We often skip ahead to the flood, but there's a fascinating, and unsettling, little passage in Ge...
to a fascinating little exploration from Bereshit Rabbah 23, where they unpack the Hebrew word huḥal (הוחל), meaning "then commenced." The discussion kicks off with Rabbi Simon, wh...
