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#49: The Dead Don’t Text

#49: The Dead Don’t Text

Rashi on Parashat Shofetim, Devarim/Deuteronomy 18:11

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Gimme Some Torah #49

3 Elul 5782—August 30, 2022

Devarim/Deuteronomy 18:10-11

(10) Let no one be found among you…(11)

one who casts spells, or one who consults ghosts or familiar spirits, or one who inquires of the dead.

In yesterday’s essay, I commented on the prohibition against divination and other types of fortune telling…

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