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According to Sifrei Devarim, before Jacob's passing, he gathered his sons. But it wasn’t just a sentimental family reunion. First, he rebuked them, each individually, and then he a...
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...
Our ancestors wrestled with these questions, and their answers, preserved in ancient texts, still resonate today. to a fascinating passage from Sifrei Devarim, a collection of earl...
They saw layers of connection, echoes of stories past, and whispers of divine intent in every word. Take, for instance, a passage from Sifrei Devarim, a legal midrash on the Book o...
This ancient Jewish text, considered scripture by some but excluded from the standard biblical canon, paints a sweeping picture of history and destiny. And within its pages, we fin...
The Book of Jubilees, also known as Lesser Genesis, is an ancient Jewish religious work of 50 chapters, considered canonical by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church as well as Ethiopian J...
In the Book of Jubilees, we get a peek into just such a moment. Think of it as a sort of ancient family drama, playing out with eternal consequences. We're eavesdropping on a conve...
Talk about a seating chart nightmare! But let's back up a little, because the passage we're looking at from the Book of Jubilees 20 actually starts with a tender, if somewhat bitte...
That tension, that pull in different directions, is something our ancestors wrestled with too. to a fascinating, and perhaps a little uncomfortable, passage from the Book of Jubile...
