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Imagine the scene: farmers arriving with their carefully chosen offerings, each required to recite a specific formula, a declaration of gratitude and remembrance. The Sifrei Devari...
The Book of Deuteronomy, Sefer Devarim, explores just that. In Deuteronomy 32:9, we read, "For the portion of the L-rd is His people." This verse sparks a fascinating midrash, a st...
Jewish tradition certainly acknowledges that precariousness, that sense of impending doom. It even has a word for it: lulei. Lulei. It means "were it not." But it carries so much m...
Deuteronomy 32:29 says, "If they were wise, they would understand this." But understand what, exactly? The Sifrei Devarim (a collection of legal midrashim on the Book of Deuteronom...
When the Lord cuts down (Deuteronomy 12:29): The Holy One, blessed be He, said to Israel, "By your lives, I will conduct your wars and write about you that you killed them." Come a...
The ancient stories wrestle with these questions, too. Take the story of Pharaoh and the plagues in Egypt. We all know the story: Moses demands freedom for the Israelites, Pharaoh ...
We know the big picture: the Exodus, the Red Sea, the Ten Commandments. But what about the nitty-gritty, the day-to-day struggles and fears? Let’s zoom in on one particular moment,...
Our tale centers on Sihon, king of the Amorites, and his clash with Moses and the Israelites. Now, this wasn't just any skirmish. This was war. And it ended, as the story goes, in ...
In Jewish tradition, the battles against Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, loom incredibly large. The sages even equated these triumphs to the monumental victory over Pharao...
