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When did kayin kill hevel?
Bereishit Rabbah 22 writes that Hevel was no more than fifty days old at his death:
רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר וְרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אָמַר בְּתִשְׁרֵי נִבְרָא הָעוֹלָם. רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ ...
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Was Cain a Murderer?
One consideration (from Yefeh Toar, Bereishis Rabbah 22:12) is that Cain simply didn't know that certain kinds of blows or injuries can kill a person; Abel was, after all, the first human being to die....
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