| Title: | BAGELS and other things of Jewish interest |
| Notice: | 1.0 policy, 280.0 directory, 32.0 registration |
| Moderator: | SMURF::FENSTER |
| Created: | Mon Feb 03 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1524 |
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I noticed that towards the end of Bereshit, G-d declares that people would henceforth live no more than 120 years. Yet aren't there a few who exceeded this number, even after the flood? There seems to be a relationship between Abel's offering of a sheep (?) and Cain's offering of grain versus the relative importance of animal sacrifice vs grain offerings later on in Leviticus. Is the text here telling us why the meal offerings seem to be subordinate to the blood offerings? Dave
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| 1272.1 | SQGUK::LEVY | The Bloodhound | Tue Oct 27 1992 14:32 | 8 | |
When I read this last Shabbath I remember thinking it strange
how Cain, the farmer, was the one to kill Able, the one who
looked after the animals. Quite the opposite of Esau and Jacob.
The commentry in the Hertz chumash stated that Cain's offering was
not acceptable because it was not given with a good heart.
Malcolm
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| 1272.2 | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Tue Oct 27 1992 16:07 | 1 | |
Abel brought his best, Cain brought so-so stuff. | |||||