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Like a line is crossed and you wonder, "How did we even get here?" Well, that's kind of what happened with the Israelites in the desert, according to some fascinating ancient texts...
Our story today takes us into the realm of magic, betrayal, and a desperate attempt to outrun destiny. It’s a wild ride, so buckle up. We're talking about Balaam, the infamous prop...
It couldn't have been easy. Turns out, the Torah already had a plan for that! This week, we're diving into a tiny verse, just a sliver of text, in Sifrei Devarim, a collection of l...
Today, we're diving into a fascinating passage from Sifrei Devarim, a legal commentary on the Book of Deuteronomy. It's all about a very specific, and frankly, unsettling scenario:...
Ever stumble upon a mystery so ancient, so… rural, that it makes you scratch your head and wonder, "How did they even figure this out?" We're diving into one of those today, straig...
Ever stumble upon a mystery, a puzzle that makes you scratch your head and wonder, "How does this all fit together?" Jewish tradition is full of them, and today we're diving into o...
And Bileam, seeing that it was good before the Lord to bless Israel, went not, as once and again before, in quest of divinations, but set his face toward the wilderness, to recall ...
And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord (Exod. 4:29). Moses began to reveal to him everything that the Holy One, blessed be He, had told him, and that he was to go perform t...
(Numb. 35:11:) “Where a killer may flee who has taken a life by mistake.” “By mistake,” and not on purpose. If someone goes and kills on purpose, then says, “It was by mistake that...
