Torah

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Explore 3,627 Jewish texts related to the theme of Torah, drawn from Midrash, Kabbalah, Apocrypha, and classical Jewish literature.

Isaiah at the Dawn of Creation

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This feeling of being "ignorant and not wise" is something that the ancient Jewish sages grappled with too. In Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal and ethical teachings connected...

Temple and Creation of Yehudah

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The ancient text, Sifrei Devarim, a commentary on the Book of Deuteronomy, opens up a fascinating perspective. In it, the verse referring to God as "your Owner" (kanecha) sparks a ...

Giving of the Torah and Abraham

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But what about everyone else? Well, Sifrei Devarim 311 sheds some light. It interprets the verse about consulting "your elders, and they shall say it to you" (Deuteronomy 32:7) as ...

Judgment of the Wicked

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But what if the answer lies not in geopolitics, but in something far more ancient, far more…divine? to a fascinating passage from Sifrei Devarim, a collection of early rabbinic leg...

Jacob: Abraham Among the Fathers

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The Book of Deuteronomy, Sefer Devarim, explores just that. In Deuteronomy 32:9, we read, "For the portion of the L-rd is His people." This verse sparks a fascinating midrash, a st...

Giving of the Torah

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We read the words, we imagine the scene... but can we truly grasp the awe, the terror, the sheer overwhelming experience of receiving the Torah? Sifrei Devarim, a collection of ear...

Fall from Paradise and the Serpent

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Our tradition knows that feeling well. It speaks of it often. But even in that desolation, there's a promise of protection, a hint of awakening. Sifrei Devarim 314, a passage withi...

Forefathers of Israel and There

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Specifically, we're looking at the verse saying "and there will not be with him a strange god." Now, on the surface, this seems pretty straightforward: no idolatry. And one interpr...

Cosmic Origins

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We're going to explore one tiny, but potent, verse today that unpacks just that idea. It all comes from Sifrei Devarim 317. It's a passage that's all about how God elevated humanit...