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EPISODE · Sep 30, 2021 · 17 MIN

Breishit 5782

from Life Imitates Torah · host Maharat Ruth Friedman

On the surface, the story of Kayin and Hevel seems like a simple story of ruthless murder, and punishment. However, upon close examination of the language and rabbinic sources, the moral ambiguity of the story becomes clear. In this episode we touch on the points of moral complexity, and study a midrash that portrays Kayin not as the first murderer, but as the first person to do teshuva.

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