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We're talking about Adam and Eve, and their first children, Cain and Abel. We all know the story, but Jewish tradition often dives deeper, asking questions you might never have con...
The sages of the Midrash, those brilliant interpreters of Jewish texts, grappled with this very question. In Bereshit Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic homilies on the Book of Genes...
The ancient rabbis grappled with these very human questions as they explored the story of Cain and Abel in Bereshit Rabbah, the great commentary on the Book of Genesis. Specificall...
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...
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...
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...
Like you've pulled the wool over someone's eyes, maybe even... God's? Well, Bereshit Rabbah, that incredible collection of rabbinic interpretations of Genesis, has something to say...
Specifically, in section 27, we find a powerful connection drawn between human sin and divine response, all through the lens of a verse from Ecclesiastes. The verse in question is ...
