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The Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal midrashim on the Book of Deuteronomy, sheds light on this. It wasn't just some abstract evil, but something much more relatable – a twiste...
Turns out, Jewish tradition has a lot to say about the power – and the potential harm – packed into our words. Sifrei Devarim, a fascinating work of halakha (Jewish law) connected ...
The text paints a rather unflattering portrait of the Israelites, calling them "hafachpechanim" – turncoats, those who are inconsistent – and "runabouts." Ouch. But it gets even mo...
to a fascinating, if troubling, passage from the Book of Jubilees. Now, the Book of Jubilees isn't part of the standard Jewish biblical canon, the Tanakh. But it's a hugely importa...
One fascinating, if somewhat enigmatic, text that attempts to answer this very question is the Book of Jubilees. Jubilees, a Jewish work of the Second Temple period, offers a uniqu...
It’s not just a vague "they went off and settled," but a detailed allocation. We find a fascinating, if somewhat cryptic, account in the Book of Jubilees. This ancient Jewish text,...
Sometimes, the answer is simpler – and more personal – than you might think. Take the story of Madai. We find him in the Book of Jubilees, hanging out in the land of Media, close t...
The Book of Jubilees, a fascinating text considered canonical by some but excluded from the Hebrew Bible, gives us a glimpse. It paints a vivid picture of Terah, Abraham’s father, ...
Sometimes, it's in these tiny glimpses that we catch sight of the divine hand at work. Let's zoom in on a single verse from the Book of Jubilees. Now, the Book of Jubilees itself.....
