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Sifrei Devarim 278, drawing on Psalm 85:14, tells us, "His righteousness shall go before Him and shall set his steps on the path." In other words, our acts of tzedakah, of righteou...
The Torah, in its infinite wisdom, understands that feeling intimately. to a seemingly simple verse in Devarim (Deuteronomy) and see what hidden depths it reveals about fairness, l...
But trust me, even in the nitty-gritty details, there are fascinating nuggets to uncover about how Jewish law and ethics developed. Let’s dig into a passage from Sifrei Devarim, a ...
Jewish law has a fascinating way of dealing with this very situation, particularly when it comes to the forgotten bounty of the harvest. It’s all rooted in the concept of shikchah ...
What happens to those grapes? Who do they belong to? It seems like a simple question, but like so many things in Jewish tradition, it opens up a fascinating window into our values....
It's a fascinating, slightly strange, and deeply human process. The Torah tells us, in Deuteronomy 25:9, that if a man dies without children, his brother has a responsibility to ma...
Sometimes, it’s not just the ancient Hebrew, but also the cultural context that can leave us scratching our heads. Take this little nugget from Sifrei Devarim 295, a commentary on ...
Our tradition has some surprisingly direct advice about that. to a passage from Sifrei Devarim, a collection of early rabbinic legal interpretations on the Book of Deuteronomy. We'...
This one, from Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations and homilies related to the Book of Deuteronomy, really got to me. The story goes that Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakka...
