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The Book of Numbers, or Bamidbar in Hebrew, gives us a fascinating glimpse into this very question, and the struggles between Moses and the Israelites during their desert wandering...
It’s a question the Torah touches upon in subtle, yet profound ways. We find a beautiful example in the book of Bamidbar, Numbers, chapter 27, verse 15. "And Moses spoke to the L-r...
And in the book of Bamidbar – that's Numbers in English – we find a fascinating glimpse into this very mystery. The verse we're looking at, Numbers 27:16, starts with a prayer: "Le...
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...
That’s precisely what’s happening at the very beginning of Sefer Devarim, the Book of Deuteronomy. The text wastes no time diving right in. It says, "across the Jordan," and "in th...
We often think of them as a simple recap of the journey from Egypt, but the very first verse hints at something more. It begins by listing the places where Moses spoke to the Israe...
The text starts by pondering the phrase "who can do as Your deeds" (Deuteronomy 3:24). Sifrei Devarim finds echoes of God's power in two pivotal moments of our history: the Exodus ...
to a fascinating passage from Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal commentaries on the Book of Deuteronomy, that wrestles with this very issue. The text begins by discussing "a dr...
It's all about intention, about truly engaging with what we do. The text opens with Moses, no less, urging the people: "Take care to study these things and to expound them." It sou...
