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Take a seemingly simple phrase from the very beginning of Deuteronomy (Devarim), the last of the Five Books of Moses. In Deuteronomy 1:13, we read, "Havu lachem anashim hachamim u’...
Why all this talk of "going up"? It's not just poetic license. The Sifrei Devarim, a collection of early rabbinic legal interpretations on the Book of Deuteronomy, points to a fasc...
The ancient Israelites felt that way too, and their story, preserved in the Sifrei Devarim, offers a powerful lesson. Let's rewind. The Israelites are poised to enter the Promised ...
It turns out, quite a bit. The Sifrei Devarim, a collection of early rabbinic legal interpretations on the Book of Deuteronomy, gives us a peek into the anxieties of Moses himself....
There's a beautiful little piece in Sifrei Devarim (a collection of legal Midrashim, meaning interpretations of the Torah), that gives us a glimpse into this, and it all hinges on ...
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...
Sometimes, the answers are staring you right in the face, buried in the very place you're trying to escape. In the book of Devarim, Deuteronomy, we find a poignant moment of reflec...
It's a story about Reuven, Jacob's eldest son, and a deeply troubling act. "And it was, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuven went and lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine...
And it's all about… water. Think about Egypt. Specifically, the Nile. Egypt is basically a flat plain. Sifrei Devarim, commenting on Deuteronomy 11:10, points out that in Egypt, th...
