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You stumble across something familiar, but the context is… different. Let's untangle a little bit of that today, drawing from Sifrei Devarim. We find a curious phrase: "as He spoke...
Our ancient sages wrestled with similar questions about meat-eating, about derech eretz, the proper way to conduct ourselves in the world. The text we're looking at today, from Sif...
This passage deals with the rules surrounding chullin (חולין), which refers to non-sacrificial meat – basically, regular, everyday meat that wasn't part of a Temple offering. The q...
The verse in question: "for the blood is the soul...and you shall not eat the soul with the flesh." So simple. But it opens a door to a fascinating discussion about the reasons beh...
It’s easy to assume they were just always there, handed down on high. But sometimes, the rabbis of old had to do some serious textual detective work to figure things out. to one su...
Sometimes, it's not as straightforward as you might think. Take the classic example of basar b'chalav, meat and milk – a cornerstone of kashrut (dietary laws). You might assume it'...
It’s not enough to just feel it; the how matters immensely. The Torah, in the book of Devarim (Deuteronomy), really digs into this when it warns us, "You shall not do thus to the L...
We can find some interesting hints in the Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of Deuteronomy. One thing the Sifrei points out right away: there are mo...
In Hebrew, the phrase Sifrei Devarim refers to the book of Deuteronomy. The passage we're looking at tackles a fundamental question: how do we know which animals are forbidden? The...
