“It was, after some time, Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the Lord” (Genesis 4:3). “It was, after some time” – Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Yehoshua, Rabbi Eliezer said: The world was created in Tishrei. Rabbi Yehoshua said: The world was created in Nisan. The one who says the world was created in Tishrei, Abel was alive from Sukkot until Hanukkah. According to the one who said the world was created in Nisan, Abel was alive from Passover until Shavuot. Both according to this opinion and according to that opinion, Abel did not live more than fifty11A variant reading has seventy days. days.