A Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbit About Sacrificing One Life for Many (and more)

Time for a Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbit; real Torah, from real TorahTutors sessions. A TorahTutors student encountered some overlap between halachic complexity and biblical narrative. II Shmuel Chapter 20 tells of Sheva ben Bichri’s rebellion against King David. When David’s agents caught up with him, they besieged the city he was in and began battering the…

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A Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbit About What Not to Do to God

After a brief hiatus last week, we’re back with an ambiguous verse at the beginning of this week’s Torah portion. A TorahTutors student learned that Devarim 12:2-3 states “You shall surely destroy all the places…and break down their altars…” – an apparently straightforward instruction to wipe out idolatry. Of course, even the apparently straightforward must…

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