V’ZOT HABRACHA & SHEMINI ATZERET & SIMCHAT TORAH
The Fifty-fourth Sedra 9,11-14, 23 Tishri 5787 Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12 Reading for Simchat Torah The Eternal has advised Moses of the time and place of his death. He has reiterated that Moses shall not enter the Land. In this Final Sedra of the Torah, V’zot Habracha, “And this is the blessing” that Moses, “the man of…
SUKKOT 5787
FROM THE TORAH FIRST AND SECOND YOM TOV DAYS OF SUKKOT Leviticus 22:26-23:44 PATTERN OF SANCTIFICATION 22:26-33 The Eternal explains to Moses that a newborn ox or sheep or goat remains with its mother for the first seven days of its life. From the eighth day onward it is acceptable for a fire offering to…
53. HA’AZEENU & YOM KIPPUR 5787
[Please scroll down for YOM_KIPPUR.] FROM THE TORAH Deuteronomy 32:1-52 In the previous Sedra Vayelech, Moses has anticipated the future idolatry of the Children of Israel upon the Land of Settlement. He introduces a poem, to be taught to them, and to serve as God’s witness against them. In this week’s Sedra Ha’azeenu, the poem…
