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G-d Shows Moshe the Land & History. Moshe Dies. G-d Shows Moshe the Land & History Moshe ascends from the plains of Moav to Mount Nevo, to the top of the summit facing Yericho. Although there were many levels leading from the plains of Moav to Mount Nevo, Moshe covered it all in one step.Continue reading “VeZot HaBracha, 7th Aliya”

Blessings and Protections for Israel Moshe describes how G-d, who preceded all the other deities chose the skies above to be His home while the home of all the strong men like Sichon, Og and the kings of Canaan is below. Rashi explains how the one below always fears that who is above him, makingContinue reading “Vezot Hab’rachah, 6th Aliya”

Blessings for Dan, Naftali, Asher and Message to the Nation Dan’s Blessing Like Gad, Dan’s territory was also located near the border of Israel so Moshe similarly compares that tribe to a lion. Moshe says that this “lion” is “streaming from Bashan”. Bashan was located east of the Jordan River so this is a referenceContinue reading “Vezot Hab’rachah, 5th Aliya”

Zevulun, Yissaschar and Gad’s Blessings The last five tribes which Moshe blessed were: Zevulun, Gad, Dan, Naftali and Asher. These were the weakest of all the tribes, which is why Yosef presented them to Pharoah so that their weak appearance would deter Pharoah from appointing them as army officials. Due to their relative weakness, theseContinue reading “Vezot Hab’rachah, 4th Aliya”

Yosef’s Blessing Moshe relates the blessing given to Yosef – that his land would be blessed by G-d and indeed Yosef’s land was most filled with goodness than that of the other tribes. The specifics of this blessing included: Moshe goes on to declare how G-d shall happily bless the land of Yosef who’s brothers’Continue reading “Vezot Hab’rachah, 3rd Aliya”

Levi and Binyamin’s Blessings Levi’s Blessing Moshe addresses the Shechina, saying that the Urim V’Tumim belong to the Levites since they did not complain when the others did. Moshe boasts how the Levites were tested at the waters of the Merivah and emerged faithful. Alternatively, this portion of the text can be read to meanContinue reading “Vezot Hab’rachah – 2nd Aliya”

Blessings This section of Chumash deals with the blessing Moshe gave to the Israelites soon before he died. Moshe starts off the blessing praising G-d, in which he included Israel’s merits, to illustrate that they were worthy of these blessings and then follows this with speaking about Israel’s needs. This praise began with Moshe recallingContinue reading “Vezot Hab’rachah – 1st Aliya”

Moshe Prepares to Die The leadership was in the process of being transferred from Moshe to Yehoshua, so that Shabbos, the Israelites had two leaders. At that time, Moshe appointed a spokesman for Yehoshua to relay Yehoshua’s words to the nation so that the nation could not later accuse Yehoshua of not speaking up duringContinue reading “Ha’azinu, 7th Aliya”

G-d’s Revenge Moshe continues with his song, speaking on behalf of G-d who said that His anger will bring Him to make an oath to himself that He will avenge His adversaries by shifting away from his attribute of mercy to his attribute of jugement. G-d says that He will intoxicate His arrows with theContinue reading “Ha’azinu, 6th Aliya”

G-d Is in Charge Moshe continues with his song, saying that if the other nations were wise, they would understand that they are not the cause of Israel’s problems. Nor did the victories of these nations come from their deities. These problems are punishments from G-d. Only G-d has the power to deliver the JewsContinue reading “Ha’azinu, 5th Aliya”