Each year on the Shabbat before Rosh Hashanah and the morning of Yom Kippur, we read Parashot: Nitzavim and Vayelech. The parasha takes place on the very last day of Moses’ life. The Israelites have come…..READ MORE.

Parashat Ki Tavo focuses on the Israelites’ entrance into the Promised Land: the
ceremonies they will follow once they arrive and then get settled, and the consequences
of obeying…..READ MORE.

Moses enumerates many laws that relate to topics of family relationships, interpersonal ethics, forbidden mixtures, and sexuality. In continuing his last speech, Moses delivers specific rules on family relationships. READ MORE

Moses reviews for the Israelites their system of justice, the rules of kingship, their relationship to idolatrous nations, and the rules of doing battle. Moses continues his last speech to the Israelites before he dies saying: “Judges shall be appointed to judge the people with justice. You shall not…