“Early next morning Abraham took some bread and a skin of water, and gave them to Hagar. He placed them over her shoulder, together with the child, and sent her away” Genesis 21:14
By Rabbi Miriam Lorie
“I will not take so much as a thread or a sandal strap of what is yours” (Genesis 14:23)
“The waters swelled and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark drifted upon the waters” Genesis 7:18
“It is only about fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden that God said: ‘You shall not eat of it or touch it, lest you die’” Genesis 2:3
“Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Sovereign, Hashem, the God of Israel” Exodus 34:23
“For on this day atonement shall be made for you to cleanse you” Leviticus 16:30
“For this is not a trifling thing for you: it is your very life” Deuteronomy 32:47
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"You are standing here today, all of you... from the heads of tribes... to the woodcutters and water-drawers” Deuteronomy 29:9
By Rabbi Mordechai Wollenberg
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“My father was a fugitive Aramean” Deuteronomy 26:15
By Rabbi Kathleen Middleton
“When you enter your neighbour's vineyard, you may eat as many grapes as you desire, until you are sated, but you shall not put [any] into your vessel” Deuteronomy 23:25
By Rabbi Daniel Silverstein
“Life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot” Deuteronomy 19:21
By Rebbetzin Shuli Liss
“Put the inhabitants of that town to the sword and its cattle to the sword. Doom it all and all that is in it to destruction: ...and burn the town” Deuteronomy 13:16-17
By Rabbi Danny Rich
“Let me, I pray, cross over and see the good land on the other side of the Jordan” Deuteronomy 3:23
“When all the warriors among the people had died off, Hashem spoke to me” Deuteronomy 2:16-17
“Among the cities you shall give to the Levites, shall be six cities of refuge, which you shall provide [as places] to which a murderer can flee” Numbers 35:6
“Let the Eternal God, source of the breath of all flesh, appoint someone over the community” Numbers 27:16
