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It sounds gross, I know, but stay with me. There’s a fascinating passage in Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer (chapter 54) that throws light on the number seven and its significance in Jewish...
But that's precisely the reading we find in Tanna DeBei Eliyahu Rabbah, a fascinating early rabbinic text. The verse in Genesis (3:24) tells us God "drove out" (ויגרש, vayegaresh) ...
The Yalkut Shimoni, a compilation of rabbinic teachings on the Bible, brings together a fascinating idea in its section on Torah, specifically paragraph 251. It quotes R’ Yehoshua ...
Talk about pressure! This fascinating scenario comes to us from the Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 745, a compilation of rabbinic teachings and interpretations of the Hebrew Bible. It pai...
Today, we're diving into a fascinating passage from the Yalkut Shimoni, a collection of rabbinic teachings on the Torah, specifically section 787. It's a real grab bag of topics, f...
The verse we're looking at comes from the Book of Numbers (Numbers 35:11), where God commands the Israelites to designate cities of refuge: "And you shall designate for yourselves ...
It's a whirlwind of hypotheticals, interpretations, and ultimately, a search for fairness. The passage opens with the question of an iron tool. "And if he struck him with an iron t...
Specifically, we're diving into Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 788, which wrestles with some tricky questions arising from the story of the daughters of Zelophehad. Remember them? They we...
It wasn't just about personal cleanliness; it was about maintaining a state of holiness, a separation from anything that could defile the sacred space. And as we read in Sifrei Bam...
