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(Numb. 22:2:) “Now Balak [ben Zippor] saw (rt.: r'h).” This text is related (to Deut. 32:4), “The Rock, His work is perfect, because all His ways are justice.” As the Holy One, ble...
It’s a question that's plagued humanity for millennia. And our tradition, in its beautiful, layered way, offers some fascinating, if not always easy, answers. Think about Psalm 92:...
The core of this passage revolves around the first tithe, the ma'aser rishon. This was a portion of the harvest given to the Levites, the tribe dedicated to serving in the Temple. ...
The Torah, as always, has something to say about that. to a little corner of Sifrei Devarim, a fascinating commentary on the Book of Deuteronomy, and see what wisdom we can unearth...
That’s the scene we’re stepping into today, a scene that plays out once a year, on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Our focus? The High Priest, his heart pounding, preparing to en...
It wasn't always that way, you know. Imagine a bare, deserted landscape, just desolate mountains stretching as far as the eye could see. Not exactly the Promised Land we know and c...
Jewish tradition often speaks of a profound connection between the heavens and the earth – “as above, so below,” as the Kabbalists say. But what happens when tragedy strikes here? ...
That’s the idea behind a beautiful, if somewhat hidden, tradition in Jewish mysticism: consciously engaging with the spiritual root of what we eat. We’ve talked before about the po...
We find in Da'at Tevunot a fascinating exploration of how G-d interacts with the world, specifically concerning reward and punishment. The text tells us that G-d acts in the world ...
