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Sifrei Devarim 278, drawing on Psalm 85:14, tells us, "His righteousness shall go before Him and shall set his steps on the path." In other words, our acts of tzedakah, of righteou...
You don't even notice. A poor person finds it, uses it to buy food, and sustains themselves. Did you just perform an act of charity? That's precisely the scenario that Rabbi Elazar...
There's more to it than you might imagine, especially when we peek into the ancient Jewish agricultural laws. to a fascinating little verse from Devarim, Deuteronomy, specifically ...
The goal? To continue the deceased brother's lineage. But what happens if things get complicated? What if the brother isn't exactly… careful in his intentions? The Sifrei Devarim, ...
This particular passage, Sifrei Devarim 292, takes a rather dim view of disagreements. The text starts with the verse from Deuteronomy (25:11), "If men strive together..." But the ...
We find a fascinating discussion in Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of Deuteronomy. This passage, specifically Sifrei Devarim 294, tackles the ver...
It turns out, very seriously indeed. to a passage from Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of Deuteronomy, and unpack a fascinating idea about what co...
In the Sifrei Devarim, a collection of early rabbinic legal interpretations on the Book of Deuteronomy, Rabbi Yehudah gives us a fascinating mnemonic device for remembering the ten...
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...
