The Torah portion for this Shabbat is called Va’etchanan, meaning “and I pleaded”. It covers Deuteronomy chapters 3:23 through 7:11. As the parasha opens, Moses was pleading with Adonai to reconsider allowing him to cross over into the Land of Promise. God’s answer was a firm “No” but He did allow Moses to ascend Mt. […] Source…

Our parasha passage for this week is entitled, D’varim, which means “words.” In this case, “words” means something of consequence. This passage covers Deuteronomy 1:1 – 3:22. This comes from the Hebrew in Chapter 1:1: Eleh ha d’varim, “these are the words.” This last book of the Torah contains Moses’ overview of the history of […] Source…

The torah reading for this week consist of two parashas. First, we have Mattot, meaning tribes. It is taken from the book of Numbers 30:1-32:42. Secondly, we have Masei, which means journeys. It begins in chapter 33:1-36:13. Moses was told to speak with all the leaders of Israel and tell them about these commands from […] Source…