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The second Brit - Parashat Ki Tavo - three set of stones? (Rashi)
I am little confused trying to understand a Rashi. To Devarim 27:2, Rashi explains that there are three "memorial stones" of this ratification of the Brit between Israel and G-d. I don't see ...
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Why cannot a convert make certain statements? I feel they are being pushed away at the same time respect is being given to them
It is stated that a convert is in the same regard considered a Jew as a native born. Rashi on Dvarim 26:11 states that a convert cannot recite the declaration כי באתי אל הארץ נשמע ה׳ לאבתינו לתת לנו. ...
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Who translated the Torah into each of the 70 languages?
In Devarim 27:8, the Torah says to "write all the words of the Torah explained well" (- "Ba'aer Hetev".
Rash"i, citing Sotah 35b, says that this was translated into 70 ...
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On Deuteronomy 28:23, Rashi says copper is "mazi'a". What does this mean?
I have this question on Rashi every year in Ki Savo. Deuteronomy 28:23 says: "And the heavens above your head will be like copper and the earth that is beneath you, iron."
Rashi says that the heavens ...
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