Torah

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Explore 4,111 Jewish texts related to the theme of Torah, drawn from Midrash, Kabbalah, Apocrypha, and classical Jewish literature.

Interpreting the Law

Other Texts Midrash Aggadah

Our exploration begins in Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of Deuteronomy. Here, the rabbis grapple with a fundamental question: How is a woman acq...

Shammai Remembered

Other Texts Midrash Aggadah

The Torah, in the book of Devarim (Deuteronomy), actually touches on this very human experience. It speaks about divorce, about what happens when love fades, or maybe wasn't even t...

Mosaic Law Explored

Other Texts Midrash Aggadah

It’s far more than just signing some papers. Let's delve into a passage from Sifrei Devarim 269, a legal commentary on the Book of Deuteronomy, that cracks open a window onto the a...

Legal Commentary

Other Texts Midrash Aggadah

We often take for granted the materials we use – the pen, the paper, the ink. But Jewish tradition teaches us that even these details are pregnant with meaning. to a fascinating pa...

Account of Rabbi Eliezer

Other Texts Midrash Aggadah

Specifically, they debated what constitutes a true "cutting off," a complete severance in a marriage – what they called krithuth. This discussion is preserved for us in Sifrei Deva...

First Humans and Tarfon

Other Texts Midrash Aggadah

The core of the discussion revolves around a complex scenario: a woman is divorced (receives a get) from her husband, but as part of the divorce agreement, a condition is set – let...

Letters of Torah and Akiva

Other Texts Midrash Aggadah

It's about a complete severing, a clean break. But what exactly does that mean? to a fascinating discussion from Sifrei Devarim, a collection of early Jewish legal interpretations ...

Legal Commentary

Other Texts Midrash Aggadah

Hand to hand, transaction complete. But as with so much in Jewish law, scratching the surface reveals layers of fascinating complexity. to a passage from Sifrei Devarim, a collecti...

That Remembered

Other Texts Midrash Aggadah

to a seemingly small, but hugely important, detail about divorce, or get (גֵּט), in Jewish tradition. We're looking at Sifrei Devarim, a collection of legal interpretations on the ...