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It's not always as straightforward as it seems. Take Shavuot, the Festival of Weeks, for example. The Torah tells us in Bamidbar (Numbers) 28:26, "And on the day of the first-fruit...
Like you're reading something and thinking, "Wait, didn't we already cover this?" You're not wrong. There are layers upon layers of meaning embedded in what might seem like redunda...
It’s more than just a fleeting feeling. It's actually connected to something quite profound. The book of Devarim, Deuteronomy, tells us, "and you shall rejoice." But it doesn't lea...
The Sifrei Devarim (literally "Books of Deuteronomy," a collection of early rabbinic legal interpretations), in section 77, delves into the specifics of responsibility for consecra...
to one such instance, found in Sifrei Devarim 132, and unpack a seemingly simple verse about sacrifices. It all starts with the verse, "and there shall not remain of the flesh that...
And sometimes, just sometimes, you catch a glimpse of the beautiful mind at work behind it all. Let’s look at one such puzzle. We're diving into Sifrei Devarim, a collection of ear...
It's woven into so much of Jewish tradition, and today, we're going to explore one small but significant thread: the bikkurim. What are bikkurim? The word itself means "first fruit...
We get a fascinating, if slightly scandalous, glimpse in the Book of Jubilees. Jubilees, for those unfamiliar, is an ancient Jewish text that retells the stories of Genesis and Exo...
Sometimes, they're right there in the Torah. Other times, we find echoes of them in texts that didn't quite make it into the official canon. Take the Book of Jubilees, for example....
