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It concerns the ma'aser ani, the poor-tithe. Deuteronomy 14:29 instructs us to provide for "the stranger, the orphan, and the widow that are in your gates." Seems straightforward. ...
Our case in point comes from Sifrei Devarim 118, a commentary on the Book of Deuteronomy. It specifically asks why the Torah bothers mentioning both "the Hebrew man" and "the Hebre...
Jewish tradition tackles this head-on, and a fascinating passage in Sifrei Devarim, a legal midrash on the book of Deuteronomy, offers some pretty profound answers. The verse we're...
Jewish tradition grapples with that very human conundrum in the laws surrounding the Hebrew slave, or eved Ivri. Specifically, we're looking at a fascinating little corner of the b...
Today, let’s untangle a fascinating detail from the book of Devarim (Deuteronomy) and Shemot (Exodus) concerning the Hebrew slave – the eved Ivri – who chooses to remain with his m...
It's more nuanced than you might think! to a fascinating corner of Jewish law, specifically how we treat animals designated for sacred purposes. Our starting point is a verse that ...
Let's take a peek into one such dance, found in the Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of Deuteronomy. The passage focuses on the firstborn – the bec...
It's not like you can just bring any old animal to the Temple. There are rules, of course, meticulously detailed in the Torah. And within those rules are layers upon layers of inte...
And it turns out, the seeds of their monumental freedom were sown not under the blazing sun, but under the cloak of night. We read in Sifrei Devarim – a collection of early Jewish ...
