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The Portion of Nitzavim


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Parashat Nitzavim
 
 
WEEKLY TORAH READING PLAN

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Below are some highlights from the Torah portion being read in Israel this week. Visit our website, www.TheIsraelBible.com, to access the full content, post your comments and participate in our in-depth study of the Torah portion.

Happy Learning,

Shira Schechter, Editor of The Israel Bible

 
This week's Portion is:

Nitzavim

Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20

This week’s portion is one of the shortest in the Torah, with a mere 40 verses (next week’s Vayelech has only 30). Even when the two are combined, which happens most years, they number fewer verses than most other single portions. The verses themselves, however, are longer than those in most other portions.

The portion is part of Moses’s final speech to the Children of Israel, delivered on the last day of his life. He uses this opportunity to at once warn the people that their actions have consequences, meaning they will be severely punished if they transgress God’s laws, and to reassure them that God will welcome them back if they repent. He impresses upon them their responsibility for one another.

Points to Ponder:

    A Warning

    Why do you think Moses specifies the different groups of people standing before him? Why do you think he singles out the “hewer of thy wood [and] the drawer of thy water” (29:10)?

    A Reassurance

    Moses says God will “circumcise thy heart” (30:6). What do you think this means and why would He do so?

    The Torah and its Blessings are Accessible

    Why do you think Moses calls on the heavens and the earth to bear witness to the covenant?

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