[Avodah] Question

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 09:04:54PM +0200, Ben Waxman wrote:
: From: "Micha Berger" <micha at aishdas.org>
: >But, as already noted, we don't find the subsequent generations that
: >Qayin did produce suffering for his curse. And lehefech -- while he was
: >"na vanad", his offpring invented the concept of city.

: Because the original sin was the one that determined the rest of human 
: history. They had one mitzva to do and they blew it...

Doesn't that just beg the question? WHY was one sin determinant of the
rest of human history, and the other not?

I suggested that it's because the first sin, regardless of its content,
showed humanity that sin is possible. Naaseh lo keheter doesn't
get started until there is a first occurance. And so, the YhR was
internalized.

The first murder lacks that element.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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