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.

Rabbi Akiva's Offering

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 106:3

It can seem like a maze of "do's" and "don'ts," but within these details lie profound insights into their relationship with the Divine. Let's delve into a fascinating discussion fr...

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Holy of Holies of Temple

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 106:4

But trust me, there's some fascinating reasoning hidden in there. to a passage from Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of Deuteronomy, and see how th...

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Nevlatah and the Origins of the World

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 111:1

The Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of Deuteronomy, tells us about this family, the Nevlatah. They were desperately poor. So poor, in fact, that t...

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Messiah in Joseph's Time

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 130:7

But like so many things in Jewish tradition, the answer, or rather the layers of answers, are richer and more meaningful than you might expect. R. Shimon, in Sifrei Devarim, tells ...

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Pesach Studies Torah

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 140:6

It might seem arbitrary, but there's actually a beautiful reason woven into the very fabric of our tradition, one that speaks to God's care for us. Rabbi Shimon, in Sifrei Devarim,...

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Entering the Land and Rabbis

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 144:1

It couldn't have been easy. Turns out, the Torah already had a plan for that! This week, we're diving into a tiny verse, just a sliver of text, in Sifrei Devarim, a collection of l...

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Meisha and the Patriarchs

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 149:1

Sifrei Devarim 149 sheds light on this, offering a powerful interpretation of the phrase "which I did not command," found in Deuteronomy. It's not just about what God did command, ...

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Rabbi Nehorai Studies Torah

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 156:5

Well, let's delve into a fascinating little passage from Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of Deuteronomy, to unpack this royal riddle. This passage...

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Levi in Zion

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 163:1

It all starts with a verse in Devarim (Deuteronomy 18:1): "There shall not be to the Cohanim, the Levi'im, the entire tribe of Levi, a portion and an inheritance with Israel." Okay...

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