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GENESIS | 4:5 wroth — GEN467 R. El’azar haKappar said: Envy, inordin...

GEN467 R. El’azar haKappar said: Envy, inordinate desire, and [the search for] glory remove a man from the world. Pirkei Avot IV:28  … already at the world’s beginning, our text proved tragically true: Cain saw Abel’s offering to Heaven accepted, while his own was rejected. He grew angry and killed his brother Abel. Why the anger? – clearly from deep jealousy.  SINAI2 187

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