Ibn Ezra: The Anger of a Stranger (Emor)
In Emor, a half-Israelite, half-Egyptian man blasphemes God and is then stoned to death. Why was he deemed a stranger? Could it have turned out differently?
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Ibn Ezra: Nefesh (Vayikra)
Twice in the opening chapters of Leviticus, the text refers to a human being as a nefesh. Ibn Ezra brings out different nuances of what it means.