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What about someone who isn't "one of us?" That's exactly what the ancient rabbis grappled with when interpreting the verse in Sifrei Devarim 278, a section of legal commentary on t...
Today, we're going to untangle a particularly fascinating knot from Sifrei Devarim 288, dealing with the laws of yibum and chalitzah – levirate marriage and its alternative. So, wh...
The Torah itself understands this yearning, this constant state of being in-between. Let's look at a seemingly simple phrase from the book of Devarim (Deuteronomy), "and he went do...
Jewish tradition explores this human tendency, and how it relates to our relationship with the Divine, in a powerful passage from Sifrei Devarim (a commentary on Deuteronomy). The ...
This verse in Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of Deuteronomy, hits you right in the gut. It talks about divine vengeance, and not just a single ac...
The ancient text Sifrei Devarim offers a stunningly poetic answer, connecting blessings to something primal, something ancient and enduring. It speaks of "the first of the mountain...
The Torah doesn’t exactly shout it from the rooftops, but there are clues. Little hints dropped here and there that paint a picture of a formidable people. Take Adoni-bezek, for ex...
We tend to focus on the big ones – the plagues, the splitting of the Red Sea – but Jewish tradition suggests the miraculous was woven into the very fabric of their experience. It w...
It pulls no punches in its call for humility and divine justice. Ben Sira, a sage writing in Hebrew around 200 BCE, gives us these powerful words: "Make an end of the head of the p...
