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The verse we're looking at is from Deuteronomy 12:15: "Only with all the desire of your soul shall you slaughter." Seems straightforward. But the rabbis of old weren't so sure. The...
It might surprise you. to a seemingly obscure passage and see what we uncover about purity, impurity, and who gets a seat at the table – or, in this case, at the plate. Our journey...
That’s what happened to me recently, and I want to share the journey. We’re diving into the Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations of the Book of Deuteronomy. In sec...
Seemingly small details, like where you ate a particular offering, could have huge significance. Let's delve into one tiny corner of the Torah to see what we can uncover. We're loo...
Sometimes, it's not about the specific law itself, but about how we understand the entire system. one example from Sifrei Devarim 74, a commentary on the Book of Deuteronomy, to se...
It's a short one, but packed with meaning: "When the L-rd your G-d broadens your boundaries..." (Devarim 12:20). Sounds pretty straightforward. God expands our borders. But the Sif...
Our ancient sages wrestled with similar questions about meat-eating, about derech eretz, the proper way to conduct ourselves in the world. The text we're looking at today, from Sif...
Our tradition teaches that some things run so deep, they require a complete overhaul of how we see the world. That brings us to a seemingly simple verse in Devarim (Deuteronomy 12:...
He points to the verse in Deuteronomy, where we're told, "Only strengthen yourself not to eat the blood" (Deuteronomy 12:23). It seems straightforward. Don't eat blood. But Rabban ...
