Parsha 45 of 54 · Sefer Devarim
6 pieces on Parshas Va'eschanan, one for each year it was written. Each opens as a PDF.
5781–82 · Year 1 · 3 pages
Parshas veschanan is a special parsha in that we are repeated the 10 commandments as well as the first parsheos of shema. There must be a reason why the 10 commandments are repeated and especially the language nuances that differentiate the first to the…
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5782–83 · Year 2 · 3 pages
This week is Shabbos Nachamu (consolation) a name derived from the first word of the Haftora (Yeshayahu 40), as well, appropriately it is the first of 7 haftaros of consolation read after 9 Av, having mourned the destruction of the Batei Mikdash (and other…
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5783–84 · Year 3 · 1 page
This week’s parsha is V’eschanan, the parsha with the repetition of the Aseres Hadibros. Moshe- as Rashi explains on the first posuk, was davening to Hashem (the equivalent of 515 times- the numerical value of the word V’eschanan) in order to try and enter…
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5784–85 · Year 4 · 2 pages
There are a few instances in the Torah where the directions are listed to elucidate the grandeur of something. There are two instances in Bereishis and our Parsha. The posuk says in our Parsha 3:27, “Go up to the top of Pisgah and gaze to the west, north,…
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5785–86 · Year 5 · 1 page
In this week’s Parsha, we read the repetition of the 10 commandments, with their meaningful differences from the first version said at Har Sinai. As well, this week marks Shabbos Nachamu, as we had “celebrated” 9 Av, which marks the saddest day in the Jewish…
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5786–87 · Year 6 · 2 pages
1 Parshas Vaeschanan This week’s Parsha, Vaeschanan, recounts the repetition of the 10 Commandments, but begins with Moshe stating that he preferred to enter the Land of Israel with the Jews, yet was prevented from doing so. In keeping with last week’s theme…
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