Parshat Behar

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The sabbatical year, the jubilee year, laws of land ownership, and the prohibition against usury. Leviticus 25:1-26:2.

Moses and Creation of Sabbath

Midrash Aggadah Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 787:1

It’s a story richer than you might think, and it all starts as the Israelites journeyed from Elim. Imagine the scene: the newly freed Israelites, fresh from the miracle of the Red ...

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Knowledge and Innocence of Jordan

Midrash Aggadah Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 787:5

The Israelites certainly did as they stood poised to enter the Promised Land. “And they camped by the Jordan,” the Torah tells us (Numbers 22:1). But what exactly was this Jordan R...

Adam & EveHoly Land

Rabbi Yehuda and Joseph

Midrash Aggadah Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 787:7

The tradition grapples with this question in fascinating ways, especially when you bring the sea into the equation. The Yalkut Shimoni, a compilation of rabbinic commentary on the ...

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Voice of Torah

Midrash Aggadah Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 787:9

Today, we're diving into a fascinating passage from the Yalkut Shimoni, a collection of rabbinic teachings on the Torah, specifically section 787. It's a real grab bag of topics, f...

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Rabbi Yehudah in Paradise

Midrash Aggadah Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 881:5

Our ancestors grappled with this very feeling as they transitioned between eras in ancient Israel. Today, we're diving into a fascinating passage from the Yalkut Shimoni on Torah, ...

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Torah and Wisdom of Akiva

Other Texts Sifrei Bamidbar 5:1

The Book of Bamidbar, or Numbers, dives right into that. Specifically, Bamidbar 5:9 lays out the rules for terumah, the portion of the harvest given to the Cohein, the priest. Let'...

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Visions of Daniel and Cohein

Other Texts Sifrei Bamidbar 8:1

The bits that make you scratch your head and think, "Wait, what was that all about?" Well, today we're diving headfirst into one of those fascinatingly strange passages: the case o...

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Ishmael and the Torah of Cohein

Other Texts Sifrei Bamidbar 11:1

Today, we're diving into a fascinating, and admittedly unsettling, passage from Sifrei Bamidbar, a collection of legal interpretations related to the Book of Numbers. It deals with...

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Abba Chanan and Divine Judgment

Other Texts Sifrei Bamidbar 23:1

We're diving deep into the ancient texts today, specifically Sifrei Bamidbar, to explore the laws surrounding the Nazir, the one who takes a vow of separation. It's a fascinating j...

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