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Our source today is Sifrei Bamidbar, and it unveils a remarkable array of gifts bestowed upon the Cohanim – the priests. We're talking about twelve specific offerings originating "...
The passage opens with the verse from Devarim (Deuteronomy) 3:23: "And I supplicated (va'ethchanan) the L-rd." Va'ethchanan, the text tells us, is a term loaded with entreaty, a he...
We find ourselves in the book of Devarim (Deuteronomy), where Moses is recounting his life to the Israelites. He’s looking back at his plea to enter the Promised Land, Eretz Yisrae...
In Sifrei Bamidbar, a collection of legal and ethical teachings from the Book of Numbers, we find a discussion about that very moment. Deuteronomy 34:4 tells us, "And the L-rd said...
Our tradition teaches us it's something far more profound, something deeply connected to the well-being of the people. We find a fascinating insight in Sifrei Bamidbar, a collectio...
The Sifrei Devarim, an ancient rabbinic commentary on the Book of Deuteronomy, often finds meaning by looking closely at the names we find in the Torah. Take, for instance, the sto...
Our tradition teaches us that prayer, or tefillah, has a rich tapestry of expressions, each a unique pathway to connecting with the Divine. The Sifrei Devarim, a collection of lega...
This idea of "servant" comes up in Sifrei Devarim, that's the book of Deuteronomy, and it got me thinking. The verse we're looking at is Deuteronomy 3:24, where Moses is pleading w...
Today, let's journey to the heart of such a place: Jerusalem, and more specifically, the Temple that once stood there. Our guide for this exploration is the Sifrei Devarim, a colle...
