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It feels like the Bible just breezes through it: animals, done! But, of course, there's so much more to the story when you start digging. Imagine the scene. According to Pirkei DeR...
We're talking about Abraham and Isaac on their journey to Mount Moriah, a story that echoes through millennia and still has the power to shake us. The scene is stark. Abraham, havi...
The story starts, as so many do, with a commandment. God tells Saul, the first king of Israel, to utterly destroy Amalek. Wipe them out. Erase their memory from under heaven. A pre...
It deals with a rather specific scenario: what happens when someone steals from a convert to Judaism, a ger, and then that convert dies? The verse in question is Bamidbar 5:8: "And...
It goes right down to the very specifics of Temple offerings, as we’ll see. to a passage from Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of Deuteronomy. The ...
to a passage from Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations related to the Book of Deuteronomy. The text poses a question about priestly gifts, specifically, whether ch...
It’s a question that might make you squeamish, but it also speaks to the incredible ingenuity and meticulousness of the ancient priests. The Letter of Aristeas, a fascinating docum...
(Lev. 7:11:) “This is the law of the sacrifice for peace offerings.” You find that all of the [other] sacrifices that they would bring, they would bring for sins. In the case of th...
The verse says, "And Hashem smelled the sweet savor (lit. fragrant scent)." But notice something: it doesn’t say "the scent of the sacrifice," but simply "the fragrant scent." Ther...
