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He's tried everything. He's talked to his brothers, sought advice from his companions, confided in his neighbors, even pleaded with his extended family. But nothing changes. Finall...
The unpronounceable, the sacred Yod-Keh-Vav-Keh (יהוה), often referred to as the Tetragrammaton. It's a name so holy, so powerful, that we traditionally don't say it aloud. So, wha...
Jewish tradition explores this human tendency, and how it relates to our relationship with the Divine, in a powerful passage from Sifrei Devarim (a commentary on Deuteronomy). The ...
But what about everyone else? Well, Sifrei Devarim 311 sheds some light. It interprets the verse about consulting "your elders, and they shall say it to you" (Deuteronomy 32:7) as ...
Take this passage from Sifrei Devarim, for example. It starts with the seemingly straightforward statement: "When the Most High caused nations to inherit…" But what does it really ...
Jewish tradition understands this feeling on a cosmic scale. Sifrei Devarim, a collection of teachings and interpretations on the Book of Deuteronomy, explores this very idea in a ...
The ancient sages noticed this human tendency, too, and they saw it reflected in the relationship between Israel and the other nations. Sifrei Devarim, a legal midrash on the Book ...
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...
This verse in Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of Deuteronomy, hits you right in the gut. It talks about divine vengeance, and not just a single ac...
