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Jewish law has some pretty specific ideas about that, especially when it comes to authority. to a fascinating little corner of legal thought from Sifrei Devarim 155, a commentary o...
There's this fascinating little discussion in Sifrei Devarim 158 about horses – yes, horses! Specifically, how many horses a king can have. It sounds almost trivial. But beneath th...
The Sifrei Devarim, a legal midrash on the Book of Deuteronomy, introduces us to this shoel av. The text defines him as a necromancer – someone who attempts to communicate with the...
It's truly astonishing. Take something as fundamental as the rules of testimony. We might think it’s straightforward, but they delved into every nook and cranny of the Torah to ens...
Jewish law grapples with this all the time, especially when it comes to witnesses and oaths. And sometimes, the logic gets beautifully intricate. to one such discussion from Sifrei...
The Sifrei Devarim, a collection of early rabbinic legal interpretations on the Book of Deuteronomy, offers a powerful, almost startlingly simple answer. It connects sin not just t...
Sifrei Devarim, a portion of the book of Deuteronomy, delves into the laws concerning warfare, and it raises some fascinating points about who gets to participate, and what their r...
That feeling, that pervasive sense of collective responsibility, echoes powerfully in a passage from Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of Deuteronom...
The ancient text, Sifrei Devarim, a commentary on the Book of Deuteronomy, grapples with this very issue. It centers on a specific passage dealing with an unsolved murder. : a body...
