PARASHA 045 "Va’etchanan" - "I entreated" MAIN PAGE
D'varim Deuteronomy
3:23–7:11 Va’etchanan
The name of the Parshah, "Va’etchanan," means "I entreated," and it is
found in Deuteronomy 3:23.
Moses tells the people of Israel how he implored YEHOVAH to allow him to
enter the Land of Israel, but YEHOVAH refused, instructing him instead
to ascend a mountain and see the Promised Land.
Continuing his “review of the Torah,” Moses describes Exodus from Egypt
and the Giving of the Torah, declaring them unprecedented events in
human history. “Has there ever occurred this great thing, or has the
likes of it ever been heard? Did ever a people hear the voice of YEHOVAH
speaking out of the midst of the fire . . . and live? . . . You were
shown, to know, that the Lord is God . . . there is none else beside
Him.”
Moses predicts that in future generations the people will turn away from
YEHOVAH, worship idols, and be exiled from their land and scattered
amongst the nations; but from there they will seek YEHOVAH, and return
to obey His commandments.
Our Parshah also includes a repetition of the Ten Commandments, and the
verses of the Shema, which declare the fundamentals of the Jewish faith:
the unity of God (“Hear O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one”);
the mitzvot to love YEHOVAH, to study His Torah, and to bind “these
words” as tefillin on our arms and heads, and inscribe them in the
mezuzot affixed on the doorposts of our homes.
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