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It’s like peeking into the minds of the Rabbis as they wrestled with the nuances of justice. The passage we’re looking at deals with a specific situation – one we won't delve into ...
Our tradition certainly does. It understands that words can build up, but they can also tear down, even to the point of taking a life. : What safeguards do we put in place when som...
It wasn't just about popularity, that's for sure. The Book of Devarim, Deuteronomy, gives us some fascinating insights, and the Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretation...
We get glimpses in stories, in histories… but sometimes, the real nitty-gritty details lie in the legal texts. to one such passage from Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interp...
Take the words "whether ox or sheep" from Sifrei Devarim. Sounds straightforward. But these words, like so many others, open a portal to a rich discussion about Jewish law and its ...
And sometimes, just sometimes, you catch a glimpse of the beautiful mind at work behind it all. Let’s look at one such puzzle. We're diving into Sifrei Devarim, a collection of ear...
It’s more than just randomly chosen people getting visions, according to the ancient collection of legal interpretations, Sifrei Devarim. The text, specifically Sifrei Devarim 176,...
According to Sifrei Devarim, a foundational text of Jewish law, it’s about respecting the very order of things. When Deuteronomy 17:7 states, "all that I command him," it's not jus...
What happens when prophecies clash? What happens when someone claims to speak for G-d, but their words don't come true? This very dilemma is addressed in Sifrei Devarim, a collecti...
