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Episode 234·Aug 31, 2025
Raising Cain and Raising Abel
Cain and Abel’s story in Genesis illuminates a commandment found later in Deuteronomy.
10-Minute Mitzvah·Episode 62·Feb 4, 2025
The Chance That Wasn’t Chance at All
The story of Ruth helps explains the mitzvah of leket, in which farmers are supposed leave grain that falls during gathering for the poor.
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The Shakespearean Whodunit and the Biblical Whodunit
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