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Jewish tradition places immense value on that, and it's reflected in some fascinating laws about boundaries. Not just physical boundaries, but also intellectual and even spiritual ...
The ancient rabbis certainly did. They saw the potential for moral slippage even in something as mundane as weights and measures. to a passage from Sifrei Devarim. This is a midras...
This one, from Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations and homilies related to the Book of Deuteronomy, really got to me. The story goes that Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakka...
It turns out Moses felt the same way as he prepared to leave the Israelites. He needed someone – or something – to vouch for the covenant, to make sure no one could later claim the...
It begins with the verse, "My taking shall drip as the rain" (Deuteronomy, Ibid. 2). But what does "taking" even mean in this context? Well, according to this interpretation, "taki...
Our tradition is full of fascinating interpretations of seemingly simple phrases. Take, for instance, the verse in Deuteronomy (32:2), "Let my teaching drop as the rain." The Sifre...
Forget the pearly gates and harps for a minute. Jewish tradition offers some pretty intense, deeply personal, and let's be honest, slightly terrifying visions of the afterlife. One...
And in a fascinating little verse, we get a glimpse of how God saw their unique position in the world. It all comes from Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations on th...
It’s a deeply human feeling, and one that our ancestors grappled with too. The ancient texts, like Sifrei Devarim 318, explore this very idea, but from a divine perspective, lookin...
