by Shlomo Ressler | Sep 14, 2012 | 5:8-Parshat Nitzavim, Devarim / Deuteronomy
Aliya Summary: Moshe tells 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 implores the Israelites to...
by Shlomo Ressler | Sep 14, 2012 | 5:8-Parshat Nitzavim, Devarim / Deuteronomy
Aliya Summary: Moshe enjoins the people to follow the mitzvot, informing them that “it is not beyond you nor is it remote from you. It is not in heaven… It is not across the sea…. Rather, it is very close to you, in your mouth, in your heart, that...
by Shlomo Ressler | Sep 13, 2012 | 5:8-Parshat Nitzavim, Devarim / Deuteronomy
Aliya Summary: When G‑d gathers His people’s exiles, the curses which accompanied them throughout their sojourn in foreign lands will be placed upon their enemies who persecuted them. The Israelites will once again serve G‑d, and will be blessed with abundance...
by Shlomo Ressler | Sep 12, 2012 | 5:8-Parshat Nitzavim, 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 | Sep 11, 2012 | 5:8-Parshat Nitzavim, Devarim / Deuteronomy, Weekly Dvar
Parshat Nitzavim starts by proclaiming that “you are all standing here today” (29:9), and then proceeds to use the words “this day” two more times in the next 3 verses, none of which were actually needed for their corresponding sentences to be...
by Shlomo Ressler | Sep 11, 2012 | 5:8-Parshat Nitzavim, Devarim / Deuteronomy
Aliya Summary: Moshe warned the Israelites not to be tempted by the idolatrous lifestyles of the Egyptians and the other sundry nations through which they had passed in the course of their travels. Moshe warned of the dire consequences which will befall the...
