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The verse in Deuteronomy (16:4) is pretty clear: "And there shall not be seen unto you leaven in all of your border for seven days." Seems straightforward. No chametz for you! But ...
And the rabbis of old, they wrestled with this question too! The verse in Deuteronomy (16:6) tells us we should sacrifice the Passover offering "to the place that the L-rd your G-d...
For the Jewish people, the Exodus from Egypt is that moment. And it echoes even in the details of how we celebrate Passover, Pesach, the festival commemorating that liberation. Our...
But who exactly is being told to do this counting? Is it the beth-din, the Jewish court, maybe acting on behalf of the community? That's where the Sifrei Devarim, a collection of e...
Well, our Sages grappled with that very idea when it came to Sukkot, the Festival of Booths. Sukkot, as you probably know, is that joyous week where we dwell in temporary shelters,...
It couldn't have been easy. Turns out, the Torah already had a plan for that! This week, we're diving into a tiny verse, just a sliver of text, in Sifrei Devarim, a collection of l...
The ancient text of Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of Deuteronomy, tackles this very issue head-on. In a few short verses, it delivers a powerful...
The verse we're looking at comes from Sifrei Devarim (Deuteronomy 16:20): "Righteousness, righteousness shall you pursue." Seems straightforward enough. But like so much in Jewish ...
Sifrei Devarim 149 sheds light on this, offering a powerful interpretation of the phrase "which I did not command," found in Deuteronomy. It's not just about what God did command, ...
