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There’s a fascinating teaching attributed to Rabbi Meir in Bamidbar Rabbah 9 that gets right to the heart of it. He asks, how do we know that the way we treat others is the very sa...
It’s a wild story involving bitter waters, oaths, and divine judgment. But what happens if the woman is innocent? What's her reward for enduring such a trial? That’s what Bamidbar ...
Take, for example, the laws of the sotah, the suspected adulteress, described in Numbers chapter 5. It’s a fascinating, and frankly, rather strange ritual. But let’s dive into one ...
to a fascinating passage from Bamidbar Rabbah 9, a midrash, or interpretation, on the Book of Numbers. This passage grapples with the laws surrounding a wife suspected of infidelit...
We find ourselves delving into just that, specifically in Bamidbar Rabbah 9, a section of the great Midrashic compilation on the Book of Numbers. Let's unpack a fascinating, if sli...
That's what we're diving into today, a fascinating and frankly, a little unsettling passage from Bamidbar Rabbah 9, a midrashic commentary on the Book of Numbers. Our focus is on t...
The verse sets the scene: "The man shall bring his wife to the priest, and he shall bring her offering on her behalf, one-tenth of an ephah of barley flour; he shall not pour oil u...
It involves a woman suspected of adultery, a priest, and a rather dramatic test involving "the water of bitterness that causes curse" (Numbers 5:18). Now, before we get too far, it...
It wasn't just whispers and rumors. The Torah outlines a dramatic, almost unbelievable, ritual involving a priest, an oath, and... bitter water. We find the details of this in Bami...
