Kayin: Ambition and Supremacy

The pshat of the story of Cain and Hevel is deliberately ambiguous, and the midrashim make numerous attempts at filling in the details of the story to give us a clearer picture. This shiur explores the story more deeply by examining the characters and names of Cain and Hevel, and tells the story in quite a different way - it is a lesson in societal living, human nature, responsibility, and what it means to be part of Jewish destiny.