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Ever stumble upon a ritual in the Torah and think, "Wait, what exactly are they doing… and why?" Let's talk about the ritual of the eglah arufah, the "broken-necked heifer," found ...
The verse we're looking at is about how "your fathers had not dreaded them" (lo se'arum). Now, on the surface, that might seem straightforward. But the rabbis, with their penchant ...
We find a glimpse of a possible answer tucked away in Sifrei Devarim, a collection of early rabbinic legal interpretations on the Book of Deuteronomy. Specifically, in section 328,...
We all know the story of the Akeidah, the Binding of Isaac, from Genesis 22. But other ancient texts offer us glimpses that fill in the emotional landscape, adding layers of meanin...
That’s the kind of moment our ancestors faced in the story we're about to dive into, a story from the First Book of Maccabees. Imagine this: it’s a time of intense religious persec...
And the Lord Spake with Mosheh, saying, Look, Mosheh, I have called by name the good Bezalel: bar Uri bar Hur, of the tribe of Jehudah, and have fulfilled him with the Spirit of ho...
And he made the ALTAR OF BURNT OFFERING of Sitta wood; five cubits its length, and five cubits its breadth, four-square, and three cubits its height. And he made horns upon its fou...
These are the generations of Aharon and Mosheb, who were genealogized in the day that the Lord spake with Mosheh in the mountain of Sinai. And these are the names of the Beni Aharo...
And it was on the day which begins the month of Nisan, when Mosheh had finished to uprear the tabernacle, he took it not in pieces again, but anointed and consecrated it and all it...
