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The verse in question: "for the blood is the soul...and you shall not eat the soul with the flesh." So simple. But it opens a door to a fascinating discussion about the reasons beh...
The fear of being led astray. The book of Devarim, Deuteronomy, wrestles with this very fear. It lays out the laws, the commandments, the stories of our people – all to guide us, t...
Specifically, we're looking at verse 14:26, which talks about what to do with the tithe money – the ma'aser sheni – when you bring it to Jerusalem. The verse says, "And you shall g...
Our tradition certainly does. It understands that words can build up, but they can also tear down, even to the point of taking a life. : What safeguards do we put in place when som...
The ancient rabbis certainly considered this when they interpreted the Torah. to a fascinating little corner of the book of Sifrei Devarim, specifically section 168, which explores...
It wasn't just about grand ceremonies; even the distribution of offerings had its own set of rules and regulations. to one little-known, but fascinating, detail from Sifrei Devarim...
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 a question that’s plagued humanity for millennia, and Jewish tradition grapples with it in some pretty fascinating ways. to a passage from Sifrei Devarim 173, a section of com...
It’s more than just randomly chosen people getting visions, according to the ancient collection of legal interpretations, Sifrei Devarim. The text, specifically Sifrei Devarim 176,...
