Parshat Lech Lecha

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God calls Abraham to leave his homeland for Canaan. Covers Abraham and Sarah in Egypt, the separation from Lot, the war of the kings, and the covenant between the pieces. Genesis 12:1-17:27.

Chambers of Heaven and Abba

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 308:2

Jewish tradition actually wrestles with this idea, but in a surprising way. to a fascinating passage from Sifrei Devarim (a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of Deute...

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Borders of the Promise

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 309:1

And it's not just some abstract concept. It's woven right into the fabric of our stories. The Sifrei Devarim, a legal midrash on the Book of Deuteronomy, brings this idea to life i...

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Dreams of Joseph

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 309:2

Jewish tradition explores this human tendency, and how it relates to our relationship with the Divine, in a powerful passage from Sifrei Devarim (a commentary on Deuteronomy). The ...

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Isaiah at the Dawn of Creation

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 309:4

This feeling of being "ignorant and not wise" is something that the ancient Jewish sages grappled with too. In Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal and ethical teachings connected...

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Temple and Creation of Yehudah

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 309:7

The ancient text, Sifrei Devarim, a commentary on the Book of Deuteronomy, opens up a fascinating perspective. In it, the verse referring to God as "your Owner" (kanecha) sparks a ...

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Isaiah: Rebuilding and Restoration

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 310:7

It's in those moments, when things feel darkest, that Jewish tradition offers a powerful, almost defiant, message of hope. Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal midrashim on the bo...

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Gomer in the Holy Land

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 311:2

It’s a question as old as… well, as old as humanity itself! And, wouldn’t you know it, our tradition has something pretty interesting to say about it. Sifrei Devarim 311 gives us a...

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Judgment of the Wicked

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 311:4

But what if the answer lies not in geopolitics, but in something far more ancient, far more…divine? to a fascinating passage from Sifrei Devarim, a collection of early rabbinic leg...

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Mount Sinai and the Lawgiver

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 313:8

The ancient text of Sifrei Devarim offers a powerful image of finding something precious in just such a place. It starts with the verse, "He found them in a desert land" (Deuterono...

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