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I, CAIN
Posted on 09/19/2019 by Rabbi Dan Ornstein in Holidays
The World’s First Murderer Talks About Killing His Brother, Abel. You read the Bible story of how I murdered my brother. Have you righteously concluded that I am an irredeemable criminal? Dear reader,...

SIN AT THE DOOR, SINAI AT HEAVEN’S GATE: A TEACHING FOR SHAVUOT.
Posted on 06/02/2019 by Rabbi Dan Ornstein in Holidays
Here is one part of the Torah’s aching narrative about what Elie Wiesel called the world’s first genocide: In the course of time, Cain brought an offering to God from the fruit of the soil; and...

BLAMING CAIN: AN EXAMINATION OF THE JEWISH CONCEPT OF JUDGING L’KHAF ZEKHUT (Benefit of the doubt)
Posted on 04/07/2019 by Rabbi Dan Ornstein in Beliefs and Practices
Here is an ancient legend about Cain and Abel, which I’ve embellished: The fourteenth of Nisan, Passover eve, was quickly ending in nightfall. Adam the first man, wasn’t looking up at the sky, he...
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