Shekalim 1:1

Shekalim 1:1

Jan 1, 2008 By Daniel Nevins | Text Study

What preparations are needed for the Jewish community to begin a new year?

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Tamid 3:2

Tamid 3:2

Jan 1, 2008 By Daniel Nevins | Text Study

When did the morning sacrifice begin?

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Demai 2:2

Demai 2:2

Jan 1, 2008 By Daniel Nevins

Jewish society in the early rabbinic period was divided between a scholarly elite known as “members” who were scrupulous in the complicated system of tithing food and maintaining its purity, and the common people, referred to derisively as “Am Ha’aretz” and suspected of violating these dietary rules.

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Nazir 6:1

Nazir 6:1

Jan 1, 2008 By Daniel Nevins | Text Study

What is a Nazirite, and what must he do?

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Jealousy As a Test of Virtue

Jealousy As a Test of Virtue

Dec 14, 2007 By Daniel Nevins | Commentary | Vayiggash

Gifts can make you crazy. Picking them is hard, and so is accepting them with grace.

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The Many Qualities of Abram

The Many Qualities of Abram

Oct 12, 2007 By Daniel Nevins | Commentary | Lekh Lekha

Abram in the light; Abram in the dark. Abram with men at war; Abram with women at war.

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God of Wrath?

God of Wrath?

Jan 26, 2006 By Daniel Nevins | Commentary | Va'era

There’s an expression that appears periodically in the popular press that annoys me to no end: “The Old Testament God of wrath.”

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