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And in a fascinating little verse, we get a glimpse of how God saw their unique position in the world. It all comes from Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations on th...
Specifically, we're looking at the verse saying "and there will not be with him a strange god." Now, on the surface, this seems pretty straightforward: no idolatry. And one interpr...
We find this passage in Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal midrashim (interpretations) on the Book of Deuteronomy. It's a commentary that takes a fine-toothed comb to the text, ...
It’s a deeply human feeling, and one that our ancestors grappled with too. The ancient texts, like Sifrei Devarim 318, explore this very idea, but from a divine perspective, lookin...
The ancient text of Sifrei Devarim, a commentary on the Book of Deuteronomy, uses just such a feeling to illustrate a terrifying point. The passage we're looking at grapples with t...
Jewish tradition certainly acknowledges that precariousness, that sense of impending doom. It even has a word for it: lulei. Lulei. It means "were it not." But it carries so much m...
Deuteronomy 32:29 says, "If they were wise, they would understand this." But understand what, exactly? The Sifrei Devarim (a collection of legal midrashim on the Book of Deuteronom...
The Jewish tradition grapples with these questions in powerful, sometimes terrifying, imagery. to one such image: the cup of retribution. It all starts with a verse from Psalms (75...
Jewish tradition actually has something insightful to say about that – especially when it comes to divine retribution and reward. Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal midrashim (i...
