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Jewish tradition has some pretty strong feelings about collective responsibility, and it's not always who you'd expect who bears the weight. The Yalkut Shimoni, a fascinating compi...
This passage from Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 787 delves into the complexities of culpability, specifically focusing on scenarios involving fathers and sons, intent, and the role of th...
The ancient rabbis certainly did. They wrestled with these very questions, poring over every word of the Torah to glean wisdom about how to establish just and equitable legal syste...
As it says in the Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 788, "Do not deceive the land." Now, this might sound strange. How can we deceive the land? One interpretation offered is a straightforwar...
It all starts with the phrase "this good mountain and the Lebanon." This isn't just any mountain, you see. It's the mountain. Everyone, it seems, calls it that. Abraham calls it a ...
And it's something the Jewish people have grappled with throughout our history, especially during times of exile. Imagine being uprooted, torn from your home, your land, everything...
Our ancestors grappled with this very feeling as they transitioned between eras in ancient Israel. Today, we're diving into a fascinating passage from the Yalkut Shimoni on Torah, ...
The passage begins with God speaking to Moses, commanding him to instruct the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone afflicted with tzara'at (often translated as leprosy, tho...
The ancient rabbis certainly did. And in the Sifrei Bamidbar, a mishnah of legal commentary on the Book of Numbers, they explore this very idea, using the story of the Israelites i...
