עגלה ערופה is a strange halacha. Instructions are given for a governing body, not directly related to the welfare of the people of the town to come atone for the sins of the members of the city. An unidentified cadaver was found within a short distance of the town. The […]

Love is complicated. Let us attempt to address what we really mean when we discuss loving someone. Some forms of love are much easier to explain than others. Some forms of love can cynically be simple biological imperatives or evolutionary developments: we love our children, we love our parents. It […]

On the list of events that are repeated in Sefer Devarim is the request of Reuvan and Gad to settle the land conquered by the Jewish people before they formally entered Israel proper. As we know, Moshe, assuming they sought to benefit from the war waged by their brothers without […]