[Avodah] Question Sin of Adam vs. Kayin

[Ken Bloom]

On Sun, 2009-10-18 at 18:36 +0000, rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com wrote:
> > Has anyone ever asked why regarding the sin of the eitz hadaas,
> > the punishments meted out to Chava and Adam were transmitted to all
> > of mankind, whereas, when Kayin murdered Hevel, only he was punished.
> > It seem strange that the sin of the eitz hadaas had much more encompassing
> > consequences for all of mankind, but the consequence for murder was
> > restricted just to the perpetrator.
> 
> To me they look the same
> 
> The punishments are visited to the corresponding descendants in both
> cases! Anyway - How would it look otherwise?

The punishments are not visited to the decendents in Kayin's case. Kayin
built cities for his children (and named them after his children)
because his children weren't wanderers.

--Ken