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The Torah (Numbers 5:17) instructs the priest to take "sacred water in an earthenware vessel, and from the dirt that is on the floor of the Tabernacle...place it into the water." B...
to a fascinating, and frankly, a little disturbing, passage from Bamidbar Rabbah (Numbers Rabbah) 9 that explores exactly that. We're going to unpack the strange case of the sotah,...
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...
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...
Our journey begins with a rather dramatic scene from Numbers 5:21, describing the ritual of the sotah, the woman suspected of adultery. The priest says, "May the Lord render you as...
to a really intense, and frankly, kind of disturbing ritual described in the Book of Numbers, Chapter 5. It involves a woman suspected of adultery, and... well, let's just say it i...
The passage starts with the seemingly straightforward case of a suspected adulteress in Numbers 5:12: "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: If the wife of any man will...
