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Jewish tradition certainly acknowledges that precariousness, that sense of impending doom. It even has a word for it: lulei. Lulei. It means "were it not." But it carries so much m...
The ancient rabbis grappled with this feeling, particularly when thinking about the exiles of the Jewish people. They found echoes of this isolation, this sense of being utterly ab...
The Jewish tradition grapples with these questions in powerful, sometimes terrifying, imagery. to one such image: the cup of retribution. It all starts with a verse from Psalms (75...
It’s a question that’s plagued humanity for millennia. And, believe it or not, our ancient texts wrestle with it too. Take, for example, this fascinating little passage from Sifrei...
Our tradition grapples with this too. The ancient text of Sifrei Devarim, a legal commentary on the Book of Deuteronomy, offers a powerful perspective on divine retribution and ult...
Jewish tradition actually has a powerful image for that feeling, and it connects it directly to hope for the future. It comes from Sifrei Devarim, a commentary on the Book of Deute...
The Jewish tradition grapples with this very idea – the absence of an advocate, the void when mercy seems to have vanished. It's a scary thought, isn't it? Sifrei Devarim, a collec...
The ancient sages grappled with this very idea. The verse we're looking at today, from Sifrei Devarim 329, part of the legal commentary on the Book of Deuteronomy, hits hard. It st...
The Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal midrashim on the Book of Deuteronomy, grapples with this very issue. The verse in question, Deuteronomy 32:40, states, "For I shall raise ...
