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It’s a recurring theme in our tradition, and each instance carries a powerful lesson. Today, let's delve into the story of the eighth time God “descended,” as recounted in Pirkei D...
The story of Haman, the villain of the Purim story, is full of them. And according to the Yalkut Shimoni, a compilation of rabbinic commentary on the Bible, Haman's plot to annihil...
It deals with a rather specific scenario: what happens when someone steals from a convert to Judaism, a ger, and then that convert dies? The verse in question is Bamidbar 5:8: "And...
Today, we’re going to explore just a tiny piece of that world, focusing on a passage from Sifrei Bamidbar, a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of Numbers (Bamidbar in...
We often hear blessings, maybe even offer them ourselves, but what's actually going on? In Jewish tradition, blessings are a big deal, and the Torah gives us some pretty specific i...
Our ancestors certainly did. Today we're diving into a fascinating story from Sifrei Bamidbar, a legal commentary on the Book of Numbers, that grapples with just that feeling of ex...
It’s a fascinating topic, and today we're diving into a passage from Sifrei Bamidbar, a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of Numbers, that sheds light on just that. T...
It turns out, the ancient rabbis wrestled with that very question, especially when it came to things "devoted" to the Temple in Jerusalem. Our starting point is a verse from Bamidb...
We're going to dive into a fascinating passage from Sifrei Bamidbar, a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of Numbers, and explore the intricacies of terumah and ma'ase...
