Nitzavim-Vayelech

Introduction The Alter Rebbe taughtKovetz Michtovim [printed in] Tehillim, Ohel Yosef Yitzchak, p. 193; Hayom Yom, entry 25 Elul. The teaching was conveyed in the name of his mentor, the Maggid of Mezritch. that, in contrast to other months which are bles...

Unlike other combined Torah portions, Nitzavim and Vayeilech are essentially one.See Likkutei Sichos, Vol. XIX, p. 298, and sources cited there. Thus R. Sadya Gaon writesIn his prayer book, section of Kerias HaTorah. that “when necessary, there is one Tor...

Moses then instructed the Levites to place the Torah scroll that he would soon write in the Ark of the Covenant, together with the Tablets of the Covenant that he received at Mount Sinai. Being United with the Torah לָקֹחַ אֵת סֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה הַזֶּה וְשַׂ...

G-d then summoned Moses to the entrance to the Tabernacle. G-d spoke to him from a pillar of cloud that appeared over the Tabernacle’s entrance, informing him that He was going to dictate a poem to him that he should teach the Jewish people. The purpose o...

Moses then summoned Joshua and appointed him as his successor in the presence of the entire Jewish people. How to Seek Inspiration in the Torah וַיִּקְרָא מֹשֶׁה לִיהוֹשֻׁעַ וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו . . . אַתָּה תָּבוֹא אֶת הָעָם הַזֶּה אֶל הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבּ...

Moses then told the Jewish people that, in the final analysis, G-d is presenting them with the free choice to choose between good and evil. Free Choice and Reward רְאֵה נָתַתִּי לְפָנֶיךָ הַיּוֹם אֶת הַחַיִּים וְאֶת הַטּוֹב וְאֶת הַמָּוֶת וְאֶת הָרָע . . ...

Moses assured the Jewish people that they would always be able to know what G-d expects of them by studying the Torah. We Can All Study the Torah כִּי הַמִּצְוָה הַזֹּאת . . . לֹא נִפְלֵאת הִוא מִמְּךָ וְלֹא רְחֹקָה הִוא . . . וְלֹא מֵעֵבֶר לַיָּם הִוא . ...

Moses then informed the Jewish people that in the future, they would undergo periods of infidelity to G-d’s covenant, and suffer as a result. Nonetheless, even then, the path of return to G-d would always be open. Rising Above vs. Digging Deeper וְשַׁבְתּ...

Moses told the Jewish people that in order to merit G-d’s unconditional love, they must love one another unconditionally. This was why he assembled all of them together for the purpose of sealing G-d’s covenant with them. How to Love Others אַתֶּם נִצָּבִ...