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Today, let's look at a fascinating little puzzle found in Sifrei Bamidbar, a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of Numbers. The verse we're looking at begins with a se...
It turns out, that idea is deeply rooted in Jewish tradition, as we find in Sifrei Bamidbar, a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of Numbers. Specifically, we're looki...
The book of Numbers, Bamidbar, wrestles with these questions directly. In the passage we're looking at today from Sifrei Bamidbar (161), we find some fascinating, and at times, cha...
In Sifrei Devarim, we find this little gem: "Much to you dwelling in this mountain." It sounds straightforward. Like a simple acknowledgement of gratitude. But, as always, there’s ...
King Solomon, the wisest of all men, certainly did. We find a fascinating passage in Sifrei Devarim that explores this very question, using a verse from the Book of Kings (I Kings ...
It wasn't just about wise judges in flowing robes, you know. It was also about… bailiffs. Yep, the folks tasked with keeping order, sometimes with a little more… persuasion. Sifrei...
The verse we're looking at is Deuteronomy 1:16: "And I charged your judges at that time, saying..." What follows is a commentary that really gets to the heart of leadership and com...
It's a daunting prospect, isn't it? The ancient text of Sifrei Devarim (a legal commentary on the book of Deuteronomy) wrestles with this very challenge, offering guidance to judge...
Take the Israelites wandering in the desert, for example. They’d been through so much – slavery in Egypt, the Exodus, the giving of the Torah at Sinai. Yet, here they were, facing ...
