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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 ...
The book of Devarim, Deuteronomy, in the Sifrei Devarim, hints at a pretty profound and maybe unsettling answer: yes, it kind of does. The text speaks of exacting a price "for the ...
It's not just us, here and now. It's so much bigger. It's cosmic. The Sifrei Devarim, a legal midrash on the Book of Deuteronomy, opens up a fascinating vista on this idea. It sugg...
Our tradition teaches us that the very earth can carry a burden, a responsibility for the people connected to it. The Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal midrashim on the Book of...
Our tradition understands that truly absorbing wisdom takes more than just passively hearing. It demands our full attention – heart, mind, and soul. The book of Devarim (Deuteronom...
It all starts with a verse from Deuteronomy – or Devarim, as we call it in Hebrew. It says, "…and by this thing you shall prolong days." (Devarim, Ibid.) But what is "this thing?" ...
The Sifrei Devarim, a collection of early rabbinic legal interpretations on the Book of Deuteronomy, points out this fascinating characteristic of the prophets. "And this is the bl...
And that messiness, that delicious, complicated paradox, is exactly what grabs our attention in Jewish tradition too. Take the tale we find in Sifrei Devarim 342. It focuses on the...
The Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal midrash on the book of Deuteronomy, poses a fascinating question about a seemingly simple phrase: "before his death." It appears in the co...
