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Sometimes, it's in the seemingly small details that we find the biggest surprises. Take horses, for example. Yes, horses! Deuteronomy, Devarim in Hebrew, chapter 17, verse 16, tell...
The Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal midrashim on the Book of Deuteronomy, tackles this very feeling in a fascinating way. It starts with the verse from Deuteronomy (20:1): "W...
Sometimes, it feels that way to me. Take this little phrase from Sifrei Devarim. It's about how someone "abased the Rock of his salvation." Now, who is this "Rock," and what does i...
The story of Joseph, as told in the Book of Jubilees, gives us a glimpse. We all know the broad strokes: sold into slavery by his jealous brothers, falsely accused, imprisoned... J...
He's in despair, naturally. Meanwhile, in a faraway land, Sarah, daughter of Reuel, is suffering her own torment. She’s been married seven times, but each husband has been killed b...
HILLEL AND SHAMMAI RECEIVED THE TRADITION FROM THE PRECEDING. HILLEL SAID: BE OF THE DISCIPLES OF AARON, LOVING PEACE AND PURSUING PEACE, promoting peace between man and wife, LOVI...
R. ‘Aḳiba said: A fence1The ‘fence’ is here taken in the sense of a safeguard or an aid to. With this paragraph, cf. Aboth 3:17. to honour is [the avoidance of] jesting,2That this ...
And Izhak called Jakob, and blessed him, and commanded him, and said to him, Thou shalt not take a wife from the daughters of the Kenaanaee. Arise, go to Padan of Aram, to the hous...
And the Lord spake to Mosheh, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, that they return back, and encamp before the Mouths of Hiratha, as they lie, created after the manner (likeness) ...
