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The text paints a rather unflattering portrait of the Israelites, calling them "hafachpechanim" – turncoats, those who are inconsistent – and "runabouts." Ouch. But it gets even mo...
It talks about being "mezei with hunger and embattled by reshef." What does that even mean? The text interprets "mezei with hunger" as being so desperately hungry that you’re pract...
The ancient rabbis grappled with this feeling, particularly when thinking about the exiles of the Jewish people. They found echoes of this isolation, this sense of being utterly ab...
Jewish tradition wrestles with this feeling, especially when considering our relationship with the Divine. : how can one person chase away a thousand? It sounds impossible. Well, S...
The Jewish tradition grapples with this very idea – the absence of an advocate, the void when mercy seems to have vanished. It's a scary thought, isn't it? Sifrei Devarim, a collec...
Our tradition teaches us that the very earth can carry a burden, a responsibility for the people connected to it. The Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal midrashim on the Book of...
Because according to the Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal midrashim on the Book of Deuteronomy, absolutely nothing in the Torah is empty or without purpose. Deuteronomy 32:47 ...
The verse we're looking at is from Deuteronomy (Devarim) 32:48: "And the L-rd spoke to Moses on this very day..." Now, the Rabbis of old weren't ones to let a phrase like "on this ...
The Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal midrash on the book of Deuteronomy, poses a fascinating question about a seemingly simple phrase: "before his death." It appears in the co...
