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Specifically, we're diving into Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 788, which wrestles with some tricky questions arising from the story of the daughters of Zelophehad. Remember them? They we...
The Yalkut Shimoni, a compilation of Midrashic teachings, gives us a glimpse into the heart of Moshe at this pivotal moment, drawing on Torah 816. Moshe pleads, "Pray let me cross ...
to the first word of Sifrei Bamidbar ("The Book of Numbers") and see what treasures we can unearth. That word is "Command" (צו, tzav in Hebrew). The Rabbis of old weren't satisfied...
It wasn't just about personal cleanliness; it was about maintaining a state of holiness, a separation from anything that could defile the sacred space. And as we read in Sifrei Bam...
The verse in question comes from Leviticus 17:15: "And every soul that eats neveilah (carcass) or treifah (what is "torn")… he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water…” Okay, pre...
It's not just you! Sometimes, the text does seem redundant. But guess what? That repetition is often a clue, a hint that something deeper is going on. to one of those moments in Ba...
It deals with a rather specific scenario: what happens when someone steals from a convert to Judaism, a ger, and then that convert dies? The verse in question is Bamidbar 5:8: "And...
The Book of Bamidbar, or Numbers, dives right into that. Specifically, Bamidbar 5:9 lays out the rules for terumah, the portion of the harvest given to the Cohein, the priest. Let'...
Today, we’re going to explore just a tiny piece of that world, focusing on a passage from Sifrei Bamidbar, a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of Numbers (Bamidbar in...
