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What do we learn from the expulsion from the Garden of Eden and the Killing of Abel stories? Bears from Bergenfield comes of age
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If man is gifted with free will, then he can make his choice. It might not have been the right choice with the outcomes that he so desired but it was his choice, nonetheless. Did he know what he was doing? Did he know what he was choosing? Did he know what were the foreseeable outcomes, or not? How does Gd punish someone if man does not know what will be the consequences of his actions? What lessons can we learn from making choices that disrespect, hurt, or kill others? Can we learn to break that evil cycle if we get caught up in the web of evil? Gd had a plan and He taught it to Cain, or so Gd thought. The plan is there for the learning, Chapter 4; verse 7. Just take the time to learn it and not fall into Cain's trap. Rabbi Claire Ginsburg Goldstein
If man is gifted with free will, then he can make his choice. It might not have been the right choice with the outcomes that he so desired but it was his choice, nonetheless. Did he know what he was doing? Did he know what he was choosing? Did he know what were the foreseeable outcomes, or not? How does Gd punish someone if man does not know what will be the consequences of his actions? What lessons can we learn from making choices that disrespect, hurt, or kill others? Can we learn to break that evil cycle if we get caught up in the web of evil? Gd had a plan and He taught it to Cain, or so Gd thought. The plan is there for the learning, Chapter 4; verse 7. Just take the time to learn it and not fall into Cain's trap. Rabbi Claire Ginsburg Goldstein
9 min