Ten Minutes of Torahwith Rabbi Chaim Weiner
Bereishit - 5766 |
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וַיֹּאמֶר
קַיִן אֶל
הֶבֶל
אָחִיו
וַיְהִי בִּהְיוֹתָם
בַּשָּׂדֶה
וַיָּקָם
קַיִן אֶל
הֶבֶל
אָחִיו
וַיַּהַרְגֵהוּ
Genesis 4:8 And Cain said unto Able his brother.
And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against
Able his brother, and slew him. [Gen. 3:8] |
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Genesis Rabbah, 22. And
Cain said unto Able his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field,
that Cain rose up against Able his brother, and slew him. [Gen. 3:8] About
what were they speaking? One
opinion said: Come, let us divide up the world. One
takes the land and one take the things that may be carried. , as it is said: And
Able was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the soil. [Gen. 4:2]
Whereupon the one said: - The land you are standing on is mine. The other
said: - The shirt on your back is mine! The one said: - Take off your
clothes! The other said: Take off into the air! In the midst of this - Cain
rose up against Able his brother, and slew him. Rabbi
Yehoshua of Sikhnin in
the name of R. Levi said: They both partook of the land and of the movable
things. About what, then, did they argue? The one said: The Temple will be
built on my land! For it is written: When they were in the field - and
field is non - other than the temple (for Rabbi Yehoshua
of Sikhnin had found a verse - Micah 3:12 which
speak of the temple as a field), for it is said, Therefore shall Yehudah,
the son of Rabbi Ami said: They argued about the first Eve. The one said: I
shall take her, for I am the first born. The other said; I shall take her,
for she was born with me. In the midst of this: Cain rose
up against Able his brother, and slew him. |
** - extra hard question. |