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Re: [b-hebrew] Rashi on Gn. 4:3

From: "Shai Heijmans" <shaih AT post.tau.ac.il>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Rashi on Gn. 4:3
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 05:29:14 +0200

Maurice,

You wrote:

> I have the text of Gen. Rabbah, but I would be grateful if a list member
> could contribute the text of the Aggahah.

This aggadah is found in several sources: Tanhuma (Warsaw), Gen. 9; Pirqe
dRabbi Eliezer, 21; Yalqut Shimoni, Gen. 35.

They all are similar, and very brief:
Kain brought of the produce of the earth, (the sages say:) [it was] the seed
of flax.

Shai Heijmans

[b-hebrew] Rashi on Gn. 4:3, Maurice A. O'Sullivan, 02/17/2003
- Re: [b-hebrew] Rashi on Gn. 4:3, Shai Heijmans, 02/18/2003