Parshat Chukat

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The red heifer purification ritual, the deaths of Miriam and Aaron, Moses strikes the rock, and the bronze serpent. Numbers 19:1-22:1.

Messiah in Joseph's Time

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 130:7

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 ...

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Face of Moses and Kohein

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 165:2

to a passage from Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations related to the Book of Deuteronomy. The text poses a question about priestly gifts, specifically, whether ch...

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Hand of Providence and Cohanim

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 209:1

That’s the kind of question that pops up in Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations and expansions on the Book of Deuteronomy. In section 209, we stumble upon a fasci...

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Miriam: Moses and the Dreamer

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 276:1

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...

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Moses Remembered and Shimon

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 304:1

Be!" And then, "Wait... slow down. Your time is almost up." It's enough to make your head spin. That tension – between action and mortality, between boundless potential and the sta...

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Moses's Transgression and Elazar

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 305:2

Here he was, the leader who brought the Israelites out of Egypt, the one who stood face-to-face with God on Mount Sinai... and none of his sons were deemed fit to succeed him. Acco...

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Moses and Creation

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 306:3

In Sifrei Devarim, specifically section 306, we find a powerful analogy that really makes you think. It starts with the verse, "Listen, O heavens" (Deuteronomy 32:1). But what does...

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Daniel at the Dawn of Creation

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 306:37

The unpronounceable, the sacred Yod-Keh-Vav-Keh (יהוה), often referred to as the Tetragrammaton. It's a name so holy, so powerful, that we traditionally don't say it aloud. So, wha...

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Gift of Torah and Israelites

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 308:3

The ancient rabbis certainly understood that feeling. And they weren't afraid to address it head-on. In Sifrei Devarim, a collection of early rabbinic legal commentaries on the Boo...

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