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The Book of Deuteronomy, Sefer Devarim, explores just that. In Deuteronomy 32:9, we read, "For the portion of the L-rd is His people." This verse sparks a fascinating midrash, a st...
The ancient text of Sifrei Devarim offers a powerful image of finding something precious in just such a place. It starts with the verse, "He found them in a desert land" (Deuterono...
Our tradition knows that feeling well. It speaks of it often. But even in that desolation, there's a promise of protection, a hint of awakening. Sifrei Devarim 314, a passage withi...
Specifically, we're looking at the verse saying "and there will not be with him a strange god." Now, on the surface, this seems pretty straightforward: no idolatry. And one interpr...
It’s more than just history or geography. Our tradition sees it as something... elevated. Literally. Deuteronomy, or Devarim, 32:13 tells us that God "made him ride on the high pla...
It's easy to skim over those verses, but let's dive in. The Sifrei Devarim, a fascinating work of halakhic Midrash (a legal interpretation of the Torah), tackles this very question...
But when we delve into the ancient texts, we find these amazing, almost unbelievable accounts of the land's fertility. They're not just about crops; they’re about abundance on a sc...
The ancient sages certainly did. They saw it happening all the time, and they used stories, analogies, mashalim, to help us understand why. Sifrei Devarim 318 gives us a perfect ex...
It’s a deeply human feeling, and one that our ancestors grappled with too. The ancient texts, like Sifrei Devarim 318, explore this very idea, but from a divine perspective, lookin...
