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.

Throne of David and Yehoshua

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 53:2

Rabbi Yehoshua ben Karcha, in Sifrei Devarim, paints a beautiful picture to help us understand our relationship with the Divine. Imagine a king throwing a grand feast, inviting all...

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Mount Gerizim and the Torah

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 56:3

Today, let's decipher one of those intriguing map coordinates. We're diving into Sifrei Devarim, specifically section 56, which deals with pinpointing a crucial location. The text ...

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Eival at the Dawn of Creation

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 56:4

It’s a deeply human feeling, one that our ancestors grappled with too. And believe it or not, a seemingly dry passage from Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations on ...

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Temple in the Days of Moses

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 62:2

We find a fascinating puzzle in the book of Devarim (Deuteronomy) regarding the location of the Temple. One verse (Deuteronomy 12:14) seems to say the Temple should be built "in th...

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Benjamin and the King

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 62:3

The book of Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations on the book of Deuteronomy, presents us with a bit of a puzzle. We're talking about the place where the Temple in ...

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Sanctity of the Land

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 72:1

It's like the universe whispering secrets, if you know how to listen. one such whisper today, found in Sifrei Devarim. The text focuses on a verse about spilling blood: "On the ear...

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Rabbi Yossi in the Holy Land

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 72:7

Our tradition, specifically in Sifrei Devarim 72, wrestles with just such a dilemma concerning the ma'aser sheni, the second tithe. Imagine this: someone designates their second ti...

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Rabbi Akiva and Joseph

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 91:1

What's the ultimate betrayal? To be led away from God, the very source of our being. That's what's at stake in the passage from Sifrei Devarim we're about to explore. The text focu...

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Fall from Paradise and Scripture

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 101:1

We can find some interesting hints in the Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of Deuteronomy. One thing the Sifrei points out right away: there are mo...

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