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We all know the story of the Exodus, of course. Moses, the pillar of cloud, the parting waters… But who was brave enough to actually take the first step into the unknown? According...
Seems like a prime opportunity for spiritual growth. But Sifrei Bamidbar, a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of Numbers, pulls no punches. It points out a rather gla...
The ancient rabbis grappled with this too, especially when it came to ritual purity. What happens when someone becomes ritually impure and doesn't take the necessary steps to purif...
We often talk about performing mitzvot, good deeds, commandments. But what's the engine that drives us? What should it be? Sifrei Devarim, in its characteristic insightful way, tac...
We’re talking about idols here, not just the golden statues, but the idea of idolatry. What does it truly mean to make something a god? R. Chanina b. Antignos, quoted in the Sifrei...
We all know the story of the Maccabees, the brave Jewish warriors who fought against the oppressive decrees of the Seleucid king Antiochus. But what happened after they won? Well, ...
And the Lord spake with Mosheh, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they shall set apart (take) before me a Separation: of every one whose heart is willing, but not by ...
On the eighth day of the anointing of Aharon and his sons, and the eighth day of that consecration, being the first day of the month of Nisan, when Mosheh had erected the tabernacl...
"Command the Children of Israel" (Numbers 28:2). This is [the meaning of] that which was stated by the verse (Job 27:23), "The Omnipresent we have not found to be of great power"; ...
