The story of Cain and Abel constitutes a critical and fundamental lesson – we are all children of the covenant with the opportunity to serve each other and to serve God. We are, indeed, each other’s ...

The story of Cain and Abel is one of the most well-known tales in the Bible, often cited as the first murder in human history ...

Cain and Abel, Genesis 4, is one of the most fascinating stories in the Bible. You probably know the story. This week I invite you to think about why the story is there and what you can learn from it.

As we go to press, a group of clergy-protesters, including Dr. Cornel West, are in lockup in Ferguson: this morsel of biblical scholarship, dealing as it does with power, injustice, and the legacy of ...

In Memory of our beloved David Schwartz, who fell in battle sanctifying God’s name, on 27 Tevet, 5784 (8 January 2024). “Le’David Barchi Nafshi” is a compilation of essays written on the weekly Torah ...

Does life have to be a zero-sum game? It is hard to understand why God could not accept two different types of offerings — both Cain’s “from the fruit of the soil” and Abel’s “choicest of the ...

Just because our ancient stories are myths doesn’t mean that they aren’t true. As a rabbi, I spend a lot of time reminding my students that you can take stories from books such as the Bible quite ...

1Now the man (Adam) knew his wife Hava, and she conceived and bore Kayin, and she said, “I have acquired a man with the Lord.” אוְהָ֣אָדָ֔ם יָדַ֖ע אֶת־חַוָּ֣ה אִשְׁתּ֑וֹ וַתַּ֨הַר֙ וַתֵּ֣לֶד ...