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Paying Our Debts

The Jews split the booty from the war on Midyan, half to the soldiers and half to the rest of the people. Why should the soldiers give half the spoils away? The reason, it would seem, is that the soldiers … Continue reading

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I Worked For It!

When the pasuk talks of from the soldiers’ tithe it says “from people (captives), cattle, donkeys and sheep”. (See Chizkuni that indeed only these were tithed.) The Jews however, tithed the above and “from all the other animals” too. Why? … Continue reading

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