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Like winning the lottery. But what if there's more to it? What if we have a role to play? The Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal Midrash on the Book of Deuteronomy, tackles this...
(To put it mildly!) We spend weeks cleaning, preparing, and then…bam! A whole new set of guidelines kicks in. Today, let's untangle one of those specific, time-sensitive commandmen...
The ancient rabbis wrestled with this very dilemma, particularly when it came to observing Pesach, Passover. to a fascinating passage from Sifrei Devarim, specifically section 131,...
It might seem arbitrary, but there's actually a beautiful reason woven into the very fabric of our tradition, one that speaks to God's care for us. Rabbi Shimon, in Sifrei Devarim,...
Rabbi Akiva, a towering figure of Jewish law and thought, brings up a really interesting point about how we determine the order of tithing. He uses the example of the threshing flo...
The ancient text of Sifrei Devarim, a commentary on the book of Deuteronomy, sheds some light on this, focusing on the commandment that we shouldn’t appear before God "empty-handed...
Jewish law certainly thinks so! We’re diving into a fascinating little corner of the Sifrei Devarim, specifically section 147, which deals with the rules surrounding sacrifices. No...
Sometimes, buried in the details of ritual and law, are surprisingly relevant insights into justice and fairness. Let's take a little journey into the Sifrei Devarim, a collection ...
The core question revolves around the phrase "a man or a woman" in Deuteronomy 17:2, which deals with idolatry. Seems straightforward. But the rabbis weren’t ones to take things at...
