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In the Sifrei Devarim, a collection of early rabbinic legal interpretations on the Book of Deuteronomy, Rabbi Yehudah gives us a fascinating mnemonic device for remembering the ten...
We find ourselves in Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations on the book of Deuteronomy, specifically chapter 26, where the Israelites are commanded to declare before...
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...
It seems like a simple question, but the answer, like so many things in Jewish tradition, is layered with meaning. The Sifrei Devarim, an ancient commentary on the Book of Deuteron...
"For the pool of passion is sin, and its spring will pour out filth." Ouch. It's not subtle, is it? Ben Sira uses the metaphor of a pool fed by a polluted spring to illustrate how ...
The ancient wisdom of Ben Sira, a text also known as Sirach or the Wisdom of Jesus son of Sirach, tackles this very human struggle. It's a book brimming with practical advice and p...
The Book of Jubilees, a text not included in the Hebrew Bible but considered sacred by some, gives us a fascinating glimpse into this. It tells us about Adam burning incense, "swee...
We get a fascinating, if slightly scandalous, glimpse in the Book of Jubilees. Jubilees, for those unfamiliar, is an ancient Jewish text that retells the stories of Genesis and Exo...
It paints a vivid picture of Abraham’s arrival and his immediate actions. Imagine this: Abraham, having journeyed from Ur of the Chaldees – a long and arduous trek, no doubt – fina...
