- Is the opening phrase of Deuteronomy 14:1 to be understood literally or poetically?
- Why among the regulations “to be unique” are food rules included—health or daily, constant normative activity as the best reminder for “uniqueness”?
- In this passage (Deuteronomy 14:3-21) is any reason given for the categories included/excluded?
- At the end of Deuteronomy 14:21, a crux text, the text as vowelized reads “do not seethe a kid in its mother’s milk.” With one vowel change it would read “in its mother’s fat.” What implication would that have for contemporary kashrut practices?
- In Deuteronomy 14:22, one tenth of agricultural products is to be taken to and enjoyed in “the central/only worship center”—by whom?
- Is the “tenth” of the product itself unique—i.e., must it be taken or—(Deuteronomy 14:24-26)?
- How do Deuteronomy 14:28-29 relate to the immediate preceding section regarding “tithe”?
