Va'etchanan
Deuteronomy · 8 articles
Parashat Vaetchanan - Seventh Aliyah
Before the entry into the land Moshe warns about the seven nations: no covenant, no intermarriage, and the dismantling of their places of worship. The choice of Israel rests not on size or strength but on God's love and the oath sworn to the fathers.
Parashat Vaetchanan - Sixth Aliyah
The aliyah delivers the Shema: the oneness of God, love with all the heart and soul, teaching one's children, tefillin and mezuzah, a warning against forgetting amid abundance, and an answer to the child's question that begins with a story rather than an explanation.
Parashat Vaetchanan - Fifth Aliyah
The aliyah closes the revelation at Sinai with a voice that never ceased, and turns to the people's request that Moshe be their emissary. God affirms their request, voices a longing that this awe remain in their hearts, and commands Moshe to teach them the commandments before they enter the land.
Parashat Vaetchanan - Fourth Aliyah
Moshe calls the people to listen and reminds them that the covenant at Chorev stands here and now. The Ten Commandments are given again, five between a person and God and five between a person and their fellow, with Shabbat at the center as a memory of freedom.
Parashat Vaetchanan - Third Aliyah
Moshe sets apart three cities of refuge east of the Jordan, a place of shelter for one who kills unintentionally until he stands trial. A solemn introduction to the Torah itself follows, and the aliyah closes with a description of the land that was conquered.
Parashat Vaetchanan - Second Aliyah
The people stand at the threshold of the land, and Moshe delivers his parting words: keep and study the Torah, remember Sinai, and beware of idolatry. Between the warning of exile and the promise of return, the aliyah closes with the knowledge that there is none besides Him.
Parashat Vaetchanan - First Aliyah
The aliyah opens with Moshe's moving prayer, asking to cross the Jordan and see the good land. The request is not granted, Moshe is commanded to strengthen Yehoshua, and the people hear a fundamental principle: do not add to the commandments and do not take away from them.
Parashat Vaetchanan - Insights and Questions
Moshe stands within touching distance of the land, pleads to cross over, and the answer is no. From here a spiritual testament is born: strengthening Yehoshua, the covenant of Chorev and the Ten Commandments, the warning of plenty and forgetting, the Shema, and the way back even from the farthest place. When the dream stops, the mission continues.
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