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We're looking at Bamidbar (Numbers) 35:16, which states, "And if with an iron implement he kill him (intentionally) and he die, he is a murderer." Seems straightforward. But the ra...
But sometimes, buried within those seemingly dry pronouncements, are real gems that shed light on how our ancestors thought about justice, intention, and responsibility. to one suc...
The Torah, in the Book of Numbers (Bamidbar), actually addresses this. It's not just a set of rules, but a blueprint for a just society, even in the trickiest of circumstances. to ...
The verse we're looking at is from Bamidbar (Numbers) 35:21: "Or if in hatred he strike him with his hand..." Now, what does that seemingly simple phrase really mean? The text unpa...
The verse deals with accidental manslaughter and the concept of exile as atonement. "And if of a sudden, without hatred, he thrust him..." Sifrei Bamidbar uses this to exclude unin...
It turns out, that idea is deeply rooted in Jewish tradition, as we find in Sifrei Bamidbar, a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of Numbers. Specifically, we're looki...
The very first verse throws us a curveball: "These are the words which Moses spoke..." (Deuteronomy 1:1). Seems simple enough. But wait a minute. Didn't Moses write the entire Tora...
Turns out, our ancestors wrestled with this question too. The Sifrei Devarim, a legal midrash on the Book of Deuteronomy, gives us a fascinating glimpse into Moses’s final address ...
The Sifrei Devarim, an ancient rabbinic commentary on the Book of Deuteronomy, often finds meaning by looking closely at the names we find in the Torah. Take, for instance, the sto...
