Parshat Vayera

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Three angels visit Abraham, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, the birth of Isaac, and the Binding of Isaac (the Akedah). Genesis 18:1-22:24.

Gamliel: Rabbi Shimon at the Dawn of Creation

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 25:4

But where do we draw the line? When is it just a colorful way of speaking, and when is it a promise we can truly count on? In Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations ...

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David's Legacy of Solomon

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 27:3

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...

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Ezekiel's Legacy

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 31:3

It's an old, old story. And it seems it was happening even in the time of the prophet Ezekiel. to a fascinating passage from Sifrei Devarim 31, which brings us a discussion about i...

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Gerar and the Patriarchs

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 38:8

It's almost as if they're walking magnets for blessings. Well, Jewish tradition actually speaks to this phenomenon directly, suggesting that the presence of the righteous is a cata...

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Moses: Rabbi Shimon and the Heavenly Realms

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 306:36

It’s a question that’s been pondered for centuries, and one little verse in Devarim (Deuteronomy) offers a fascinating glimpse into the reverence the ancients held for the unspeaka...

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Daniel at the Dawn of Creation

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 306:37

The unpronounceable, the sacred Yod-Keh-Vav-Keh (יהוה), often referred to as the Tetragrammaton. It's a name so holy, so powerful, that we traditionally don't say it aloud. So, wha...

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Jacob and the Patriarchs of Yehoshua

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 322:9

The ancient sages noticed this human tendency, too, and they saw it reflected in the relationship between Israel and the other nations. Sifrei Devarim, a legal midrash on the Book ...

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Timna and the Patriarchs

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 336:1

Because according to the Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal midrashim on the Book of Deuteronomy, absolutely nothing in the Torah is empty or without purpose. Deuteronomy 32:47 ...

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Animals Two by Two and Levites

Other Texts Sifrei Devarim 351:1

Our ancestors wrestled with these questions, and their answers, preserved in ancient texts, still resonate today. to a fascinating passage from Sifrei Devarim, a collection of earl...

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