Today's daf is Yevamot 68. It's in the middle of a fairly technical discussion that I am having trouble following. So, instead, I offer something from this week's parsha.
At the beginning of this week's parsha, in Gen 37:3, we're told that ( Read more... )

In this week's portion we read that Balak, king of Moav, made ( Read more... )

On Yom Kippur afternoon we recall the service of the high priest ( Read more... )

Our parsha tells us "this mitzvah is not far away from you ( Read more... )

The parsha tells us that when we enter the land, we are to bring ( Read more... )

Our parsha reminds us to remember what Amalek did to Israel ( Read more... )

This week's parsha contains the directive "tzedek tzedek tirdof" -- "justice, justice you shall pursue". The rabbis ask why "tzedek" is repeated and give various explanations. Rabbi Ashi says that the first "tzedek" is the justice of following the law strictly, and the second is the justice of compromise. For example, when two ships seek to use ( Read more... )

In this week's parsha Moshe continues his final speech, warning ( Read more... )

(I learned the following midrash from Dr. Jonah Steinberg.)
In this week's parsha Moshe retells the giving of the torah ( Read more... )

This week's parsha describes the cities of refuge where accidental ( Read more... )