by Shlomo Ressler | Aug 29, 2013 | 5:8-Parshat Nitzavim, 5:9-Parshat Vayelech, Devarim / Deuteronomy
Aliya Summary: Moshe summoned Joshua and told him to be strong and courageous, for G‑d will be going before him and will not forsake him. Moshe then wrote the entire Torah and gave it to the Kohnaim (priests) and the Israelite elders. Moshe gives the commandment of...
by Shlomo Ressler | Aug 28, 2013 | 5:8-Parshat Nitzavim, 5:9-Parshat Vayelech, Devarim / Deuteronomy
Aliya Summary: Moshe told the Jewish people that they have been given free choice to choose between good and evil, life and death. Their choice will determine whether they are the beneficiaries of G‑d’s blessings or curses. Moshe implored the Israelites to...
by Shlomo Ressler | Aug 27, 2013 | 5:8-Parshat Nitzavim, 5:9-Parshat Vayelech, Devarim / Deuteronomy, Weekly Dvar
Parshat Vayelech includes the commandment for every Jew to write a song for themselves (31:19), which Rashi says is referring the following Parsha, Haazinu. The sages derive from this rule the final of the 613 commandments that each Jew has to take part in the writing...
by Shlomo Ressler | Aug 27, 2013 | 5:8-Parshat Nitzavim, 5:9-Parshat Vayelech, Devarim / Deuteronomy
Aliya Summary: When G‑d gathers His people’s exiles, the Israelites will once again serve G‑d, and will be blessed with abundance in the work of their hands, the fruit of their wombs, the fruit of their land, and the fruit of their livestock. Moshe enjoined the...
by Shlomo Ressler | Aug 26, 2013 | 5:8-Parshat Nitzavim, 5:9-Parshat Vayelech, Devarim / Deuteronomy
Aliya Summary: Moshe informed the Israelites what will occur after they are exiled from their land due to their sins. Eventually they will wholeheartedly return to G‑d, and G‑d will gather them from the furthest reaches of the heavens and return them to the land of...
by Shlomo Ressler | Aug 25, 2013 | 5:8-Parshat Nitzavim, 5:9-Parshat Vayelech, Devarim / Deuteronomy
General Overview: In this week’s reading, Nitzavim-Vayelech, Moshe gathers the Israelites on the day of his passing to enter them into a covenant with G‑d. He warns of the exile and desolation of the Land that will result when Israel abandons G‑d’s laws,...
