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In the beginning of the Torah portion Vayeilech, Moshe tells the Jewish people that it is time to hand over the reigns of leadership to Yehoshua, for “Today I am 120 years old and I can no longer go out and come.”Devarim 31:2. RashiIbid. explains that thi...
This week’s Torah reading contains the final positive commandment in the Torah, the mitzvah to write a Torah scroll. Every individual is obligated to write a Torah scroll for himself. This commandment raises a question. Over the course of Jewish history, ...
“Goldie!” came the shrill call from downstairs. “Please come already. You promised to play a board game with me. I’ve got all the pieces set up.” “Wait just five more minutes, Tami,” Goldie called. “I’m just about finished.” “That’s what you said fifteen ...
Vayeilech
Adapted fromLikkutei Sichos, Vol. XIX, p. 298ff;Vol. XXIX, p. 173ff;Sefer HaSichos 5749, p. 5ff;Sichos In English, Vol. 51, p. 161ff. To Luxuriate in Torah Study Our Rabbis speak of גן (53) weekly Torah readings.Zohar, Vol. II, p. 206b; See Likkutei Sicho...
Likkutei Sichos, Volume 9, Vayelech 1
Introduction Perhaps the most difficult thing for anyone to bear in a relationship is indifference, the feeling that a loved one has turned away, as if what is happening does not matter to him or to her. For this reason, the prophecy, Devarim 31:18. “I wi...
Likkutei Sichos, Volume 34, Vayelech 1
Introduction No Jew is a one-dimensional being. Beyond the individual identity that we each possess, we are part of the Jewish people as a collective and our conduct affects not only ourselves, but the entire Nation of Israel as a whole. While true at all...
Deuteronomy 31:1–30
The ninth section of the Book of Deuteronomy continues the description of Moses’ third and final farewell address to the Jewish people. It begins with the account of how Moses went (Vayeilech, in Hebrew) and installed Joshua as his successor, and continue...
"וילך משה וידבר את הדברים האלה אל כל ישראל...לא אוכל עוד לצאת ולבוא" “Moshe went and spoke these words to all of Israel...I can no longer go out and come in.” (31:1-2) QUESTION: Rashi always uses selected words of the pasuk as a heading for his explanatio...
In the Torah portion of Vayeilech, we learn that “at the conclusion of the Sabbatical year, at the beginning of the new seven-year cycle,” during the festival of Sukkos, the king read certain sections of the book of Devarim before all the Jewish people, w...
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