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Was Cain a Murderer?

Is Cain a murderer or merely a manslaughterer? I ask because it would appear that his punishment is consistent with that of a manslaughterer based upon Numbers 35. He was 1. Exiled and 2. Protected ...
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Per Rashi in Genesis, who were the Nefilim?

The Torah states (Genesis 6:4): הַנְּפִלִ֞ים הָי֣וּ בָאָ֘רֶץ֮ בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵם֒ וְגַ֣ם אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵ֗ן אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָבֹ֜אוּ בְּנֵ֤י הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל־בְּנ֣וֹת הָֽאָדָ֔ם וְיָלְד֖וּ לָהֶ֑ם הֵ֧מָּה ...
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Why is the prohibition against coveting (לא תחמוד) considered to be the greatest and most difficult commandment?

While writing an answer to the question of whether the War of Gog and Magog has occurred already (https://judaism.stackexchange.com/a/143162/7303), a very significant idea was mentioned, which ...
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When did kayin kill hevel?

B"H The Torah seems to imply that it happened immediately after everyone was kicked out of the garden of Eden, but it doesn't give any specific time frame. Maybe it was after Adam already had ...