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The Torah actually dedicates quite a bit of thought to this, and the Rabbis, ever delving into the details, explore the concept of the city of refuge, or Ir Miklat (עיר מקלט), in f...
Specifically, we're looking at section 788 on the Book of Numbers, where the text grapples with a seemingly simple verse: "Every strike that takes a life requires witnesses" (Numbe...
The ancient rabbis wrestled with this very question when interpreting the Torah’s laws, and their discussions, preserved in collections like the Yalkut Shimoni, are surprisingly re...
Someone robs a store, and the witness saw it happen. But what about situations where the consequences are less… visible? Like exile? The Yalkut Shimoni, a fascinating collection of...
Our tradition grapples with this question intensely, especially when dealing with accidental death and the concept of atonement. to a passage from the Yalkut Shimoni on Torah, spec...
As it says in the Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 788, "Do not deceive the land." Now, this might sound strange. How can we deceive the land? One interpretation offered is a straightforwar...
The Yalkut Shimoni, a vast collection of rabbinic commentary on the Hebrew Bible, compiled sometime in the 13th century, hints at just such a thing. Specifically, the commentary on...
Specifically, we're diving into Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 788, which wrestles with some tricky questions arising from the story of the daughters of Zelophehad. Remember them? They we...
It all starts with the phrase "this good mountain and the Lebanon." This isn't just any mountain, you see. It's the mountain. Everyone, it seems, calls it that. Abraham calls it a ...
