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Parashat Re’eh N.48

Moses instructs the Israelites regarding idolatry, false prophets, clean and unclean foods, tithes, freeing slaves, and the pilgrimage festivals.In his last speech to the Israelites, Moses warns them, “If you follow G-d’s laws, you will be blessed more than all the peoples of the earth. However, if you worship false idols and ignore the other commandments, then you shall be cursed and perish. “These are the statutes which you are to carry out. You shall utterly destroy the places where the nations, whose property you are taking over, served other gods. You shall destroy their altars, break up their memorial stones, burn down their sacred trees, cut down the images of their gods, and you shall obliterate their gods from that place. “Then, from among all your tribes, G-d will choose a place to give G-d’s Name habitation. When you search for the manifestation of G-d’s Presence, you will come to this place that G-od chooses. It is there that you will bring offerings and donations. There, before G-d, shall you eat with family and servants and the Levites, who have no portion or inheritance.