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The text starts by pondering the phrase "who can do as Your deeds" (Deuteronomy 3:24). Sifrei Devarim finds echoes of God's power in two pivotal moments of our history: the Exodus ...
But like so many things in Jewish tradition, the answer, or rather the layers of answers, are richer and more meaningful than you might expect. R. Shimon, in Sifrei Devarim, tells ...
It’s a question that echoes through the ages, and the Torah, specifically the book of Devarim (Deuteronomy), gives us a powerful glimpse. The verse states, "and he became there a n...
I do, all the time. Let’s pull up a chair and look at a passage from Sifrei Devarim, a collection of early rabbinic legal interpretations on the Book of Deuteronomy. It's a fascina...
We read about a “strong hand,” an “outstretched arm,” signs, and wonders. But what are those, really? The Sifrei Devarim, a collection of early Jewish legal interpretations on the ...
But what about everyone else? Well, Sifrei Devarim 311 sheds some light. It interprets the verse about consulting "your elders, and they shall say it to you" (Deuteronomy 32:7) as ...
Today, we're diving into a fascinating passage from Sifrei Devarim 352, which explores this concept through the story of the tribe of Benjamin and a mysterious plot of land in Jeri...
We all know the story: Moses goes up the mountain, gets the Ten Commandments, and comes back down. But what if there was more to the story? What if the Bible we know is just a glim...
It comes from the Book of Jubilees, specifically chapter 46. The Book of Jubilees, for those who aren't familiar, is an ancient Jewish text that retells the stories of Genesis and ...
