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Our journey starts in the book of Sifrei Devarim, which lays out some pretty specific rules about where and how sacrifices should be made. But here's the twist: it wasn’t always so...
Our tradition grapples with these questions all the time, especially when it comes to seemingly disparate commandments. to one such conundrum, found in Sifrei Devarim, concerning t...
It's not as straightforward as you might think. to a fascinating passage from Sifrei Devarim 71 and unpack some of the nuances. The verse states, "shall you slaughter and you shall...
We're talking about disqualified offerings. Specifically, offerings that were originally meant for the Temple but, for whatever reason, couldn't be used and were then redeemed – me...
This passage deals with the rules surrounding chullin (חולין), which refers to non-sacrificial meat – basically, regular, everyday meat that wasn't part of a Temple offering. The q...
It’s not enough to just feel it; the how matters immensely. The Torah, in the book of Devarim (Deuteronomy), really digs into this when it warns us, "You shall not do thus to the L...
We're going to dive into one today, all thanks to a seemingly simple verse in Deuteronomy. Deuteronomy 14:11 states, "Every clean bird you may eat." Okay, straightforward enough. B...
It’s a question that pops up constantly when you dive into Jewish texts. Let’s look at a fascinating little corner of Sifrei Devarim (Deuteronomy), specifically section 104. It dea...
The Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of Deuteronomy, tells us about this family, the Nevlatah. They were desperately poor. So poor, in fact, that t...
