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Our starting point is a passage from I Chronicles 4:5: "And Ashchur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Chelah and Na'arah." But who is this "Ashchur"? According to Sifrei Bamidba...
No wonder he was feeling the pressure! In the book of Bamidbar (Numbers), specifically chapter 11, verse 16, we find a fascinating solution to Moses’ burden, and it reveals somethi...
This week, we're diving into a tiny, but potent, moment in the book of Bamidbar (Numbers), specifically chapter 12, verse 2, where we get a glimpse into the simmering frustrations ...
The Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal midrashim on the Book of Deuteronomy, sheds light on this. It wasn't just some abstract evil, but something much more relatable – a twiste...
Imagine, then, the weight of twisting the very words of the Divine. That's what we're talking about today, drawing from the ancient text of Sifrei Devarim, specifically section 86....
We all do sometimes! a fascinating little corner of Jewish law from Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal midrashim (interpretations) on the Book of Deuteronomy. The passage starts...
We usually focus on Moses. Maybe Aaron gets a nod. But have you ever considered Miriam’s role? Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of Deuteronomy, off...
The ancient rabbis certainly understood that feeling. They saw it reflected in a particularly difficult year for the Israelites, a year marked by a triple tragedy. The Sifrei Devar...
The verse we're looking at is about how "your fathers had not dreaded them" (lo se'arum). Now, on the surface, that might seem straightforward. But the rabbis, with their penchant ...
