Rabbi Alon Atiya • Why does no deed in the world remain unresolved?

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Parshat Bereshit, a new book of the Torah, and one of the most beautiful things I think there is in this Parsha, aside from the Tree of Knowledge— which is a subject that in itself needs to be understood—is the closing of circles that we see the Holy One, Blessed be He, performs; we know that " the secret of the Lord is for those who fear Him," we see. That when Cain kills , he killed his brother, so the Holy One, Blessed be He, says: What are you afraid of? "Everyone who finds me will kill me," Cain said to Hashem, "whoever finds me." Okay, and then what happens? Hashem tells him: Wait. And then Lamech arrives, and Lamech sees that his wives are separating from him and he complains about them, and they go to the First Man along with Lamech. Lamech says: I have a legal matter to discuss with them. Rashi brings two opinions, and finally it is written: "For Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, and Lamech seventy-seven." We learn two things: The first thing, until the Holy One, Blessed be He, takes vengeance from Cain—Cain will not die. Cain can jump off ravines and cliffs, he can go rappelling and skydiving without a parachute, it doesn't matter what happens; he won't have seven lives, he'll have 70 lives—die he will not, until he is murdered by someone the Holy One, Blessed be He, provides from the seed of Cain, to bring him the long-awaited vengeance, which will be a rectification for the soul of...

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1. 0:03Parshat Bereshit, a new book of the Torah, and one of the most beautiful things I…
2. 3:24Cain rose up against his brother and killed him. It was not written in the Torah…
3. 6:36the Jezreelite.""He won't give it to me ." He started crying to her. She says to…
4. 9:47signed for him? Ahijah the Shilonite. Afraid to say his name, I...who is Ahijah the Shilonite?…
5. 12:56He, takes from the man the same revenge for the same soul he harmed. And that…
6. 16:10says: "There is a lawsuit against me in heaven." No. By law, you don’t have to…
7. 19:23, Rav was his equal, and Rav Huna was even greater than him. And when his…
8. 22:33him, "Rabbi, please bless such-and-such student." I told him, "He is struggling there, he has a…
9. 25:48close to Me, I am giving you a trial. What is a trial? A potential for…
10. 28:57quite a few of these in the world. I only say this so you will understand…

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