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The Sifrei Devarim, a collection of early rabbinic legal interpretations on the Book of Deuteronomy, offers a stunningly beautiful and profoundly challenging answer. It starts with...
It tells us that the commandments shouldn't feel like an antiquated edict, something ignored and forgotten. Instead, they should feel brand new, urgent, something everyone rushes t...
There's this beautiful analogy in Sifrei Devarim that paints a picture of a king and his wife. The king tells his wife, "Adorn yourself with all your jewels, so you may be desirabl...
The ancient sages felt that way too, and they saw it reflected in the very fabric of their society. The Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal and ethical teachings connected to the...
Stories like the one we find hinted at in Sifrei Devarim 43. It all starts with Lot, Abraham's nephew. Remember him? We find him in Bereshith (Genesis) 13:10, choosing to settle in...
That’s exactly what the rabbis in Sifrei Devarim are wrestling with as they unpack Deuteronomy 14:24-25. The verses deal with bringing your tithes to Jerusalem, but what if the jou...
to Sifrei Devarim 117, a passage that explores the profound impact of giving, both in deed and in word. The passage begins by asking, "Whence do I derive (the same for) even a hund...
It deals with a ritual called eglah arufah (עגלה ערופה), the "broken-necked heifer." Now, before you imagine something gruesome, remember that this isn't about cruelty, but about a...
The Torah itself understands this yearning, this constant state of being in-between. Let's look at a seemingly simple phrase from the book of Devarim (Deuteronomy), "and he went do...
