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It’s easy to chalk it up to bad luck, but Jewish tradition suggests there might be something more at play. The Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of ...
We find a fascinating little nugget in Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of Deuteronomy. It zooms in on the verse, "Destroy, you shall destroy" (Deu...
In Jewish tradition, the concept of tithing, or giving a tenth of your produce, is a big deal. It's rooted in the idea that everything we have ultimately comes from a higher power,...
That's the kind of task our sages grappled with constantly. And it brings us to a fascinating little passage in Sifrei Devarim 106, a commentary on the Book of Deuteronomy. It all ...
Poof! Gone. Wiped clean. Sounds like a fantasy. But Jewish tradition actually envisions such a thing. It's called shemittah. And it's wild. The verse in Sifrei Devarim lays it out ...
The Torah, it turns out, is overflowing with them. Take the laws surrounding freeing Hebrew slaves, for example. We find some fascinating details in Sifrei Devarim, a collection of...
to a tiny verse from Sefer Devarim, the Book of Deuteronomy, that holds a surprisingly weighty message about those who "wilfully" refuse to listen. The verse in question, Devarim 1...
Ancient Jewish tradition certainly did, and it wove that connection into the very fabric of daily life. Take, for example, the mitzvah, the commandment, of reishit hagez, "the firs...
Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal and ethical teachings associated with the Book of Deuteronomy, touches on those very impulses. And it does so in a way that feels surprisingly...
