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We all know the story: Moses, after leading the Israelites for forty long years, is denied entry into the Promised Land. But have you ever stopped to consider the intensity of that...
The ancient Israelites certainly did. As they stood poised to enter the Promised Land, Moses, in the book of Devarim (Deuteronomy), doesn't sugarcoat the challenge. He tells them, ...
"When you cross the Jordan." Just six words, really. "Ki ta'avrun et ha-Yarden." But packed inside is a promise, a destiny, and a whole lot of hope. What's it all about? Well, it c...
The book of Deuteronomy – Devarim in Hebrew – touches on this very feeling. It's a book filled with laws and teachings, a kind of farewell address from Moses before the Israelites ...
It turns out Moses felt the same way as he prepared to leave the Israelites. He needed someone – or something – to vouch for the covenant, to make sure no one could later claim the...
That’s the image Sifrei Devarim 318 paints for us, riffing on the verse "and the blood of the grape will you drink as wine." It’s not about hard work, the text suggests. No more ti...
In Devarim (Deuteronomy) 32:49, we find a fascinating little phrase: "Go up to this Mount Avarim." Simple enough. But the ancient sages, those masters of interpretation, saw so muc...
to a fascinating, and perhaps unsettling, interpretation from the Sifrei Devarim (a legal midrash on the book of Deuteronomy). We find ourselves looking at the verse in Deuteronomy...
We all know the story of Moses. The great leader who led the Israelites out of Egypt, received the Torah at Mount Sinai... a figure of immense stature. But even Moses, the humblest...
