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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...
That feeling, that struggle… it’s ancient. And it’s right there in the Torah. Sifrei Devarim, a commentary on the Book of Deuteronomy, grapples with this very question. It's not ju...
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...
We find ourselves wrestling with this very question in Sifrei Devarim 325, an ancient commentary on the Book of Deuteronomy. The text grapples with the idea of divine retribution, ...
Jewish tradition actually has something insightful to say about that – especially when it comes to divine retribution and reward. Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal midrashim (i...
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...
It’s a fascinating little passage, playing with the nuances of Hebrew grammar to make a profound theological point. The verse in question, ostensibly calling upon other gods for as...
We read phrases like "the sword of the Lord," but... swords don't literally belong to God. And they certainly don't eat flesh! So, what's going on when we read, as we do in Sifrei ...
