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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...
The Book of Jubilees, a fascinating text from around the 2nd century BCE, sheds some unique light on it. Jubilees focuses on calendar and law, presenting itself as a revelation giv...
It's considered apocryphal by some, pseudepigraphal by others (meaning, falsely attributed to a biblical figure), but no matter what you call it, it's a fascinating window into a w...
It's easy to dismiss them as arbitrary, ancient dietary restrictions. But what if there's something much deeper going on? Something about character, about virtue, about becoming th...
It’s a question that’s sparked debate and curiosity for centuries. But what if I told you the answer isn’t just about dietary rules, but about something much deeper – about ethics,...
I'm talking about the Letter of Aristeas. It's an incredible text that purports to describe how the Septuagint, that famous Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, came to be. But t...
Some feel ancient, etched in stone, while others… well, they have a specific, traceable origin. to one such story, connected to Ḥanukkah and the rededication of the Temple, but roo...
