Devarim

Deuteronomy 1:1–3:22

Anxious Parsha - Devarim

At the end of life, how do we frame our most pivotal and painful moments?

Why does the Torah include a description of Og’s enormous bed?

Introduction In many Jewish communities, the very mention of Shabbos Chazon calls forth somber thoughts. Communal mourning practices associated with the Nine Days are followed in some places even though it is Shabbos, and the Haftarah – from which this Sh...

Introduction Reb Gershon Ber of Pahr was a profound scholar of Chassidus, but sparing in words. Even so, he would translate everything into Yiddish when davening. He once asked Reb Peretz Chein, the rav of Nevl, if it was permissible to translate the word...

Introduction It was a time of transition. Moshe had led the Jewish people for 40 years, taking them from slavery in Egypt to Mount Sinai, and then through the desert until the banks of the Jordan River where they were now located, preparing to enter Eretz...

Moshe describes the conquest of the territory that belonged to Sechon. (Ch. 2 verses 25 - 37) (Ch. 3 verses 1 - 22) Continues with the conquest of the territory of Og.

Moshe reviews their journey and contact with the descendants of Esau, and the two sons of Lot, Moav and Amon. (Ch. 2 verses 1 - 24)