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Nechama Leibowitz's Three Different Reasons
Nechama Leibowitz starts by questioning whether the argument between Cain and Hevel was a fight between man or a fight between brothers. She adds that fights between two humans only begins in the second generation. Bereishit Raba creates three different reasons for why they fought. The first reason is that they fought over land and clothing, claiming possession to each others belongings. The second possibility is from Rabbi Yehoshua of Sachnin saying that both brothers wanted to build the temple to hashem on their land. The third suggestion comes from Rabbi Yehuda Bar Ami that they were fighting over chava. Nechama believes that the stoy of Cain and Hevel is a universal application that reveals the underlying motives of man that lead leads

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