We’re still in the book of Devarim / Deuteronomy, so Moshe is giving his last speech. In this week’s parsha, we get the laws of the bikkurim (first ripe fruits), tithes for the Leviim and poor, and details on the blessing/curse fromĀ Mount Gerizim and Mount Eival. There is a short outline of blessings for obeying …
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Ki Teitzei: Resources and Ideas
This week’s parsha is all about mitzvot: 74 mitzvot altogether. These include the laws of a beautiful captive, shiluah haken (sending away the mother bird), returning a lost object, who can/cannot marry, the laws of an escaped slave, divorce and marriage, allowing workers to eat on the job, and more. It closes with a command …
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Shoftim: Resources and Ideas
“Justice, justice, you shall pursue.” Moshe dictates, and so institutes a system of judges, investigators, witnesses, and law enforcement. Each generation will be given leaders to follow. We are also given laws about idolatry, sorcery, cities of refuge for inadvertent murderers, and a list of who should stay home from war. We learn about trying …
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Re’eh / Re’ay: Resources and ideas
In this week’s parsha, Moshe continues his speech to Bnei Yisrael. Again, there is a blessing and a curse offered depending on observance of mitzvot. The Temple is identified as the only place for offerings, and a lot of the laws of kashrut are given or reviewed here: which birds and fish are kosher, how …
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Eikev: Resources and Ideas
Moshe continues his speech, promising that with the observance of mitzvot, they will prosper and grow in the promised land. He reminds them of their continued rebellions and complaining (hence the name of this week’s Itche Kadoozy video, “We whined a lot“). Moshe tells them about the land they will soon enter, and to destroy …
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Vaetchanan: Resources and ideas
Vaetchanan (AKA Vaeschanan) Continuing on with Moshe’s review of the Torah (from last week’s parsha), we hear about how Moshe begged to see Israel but was only allowed to glimpse it from afar. Moshe recounts the Exodus from Egypt, and predicts that future generations will be exiled and then gathered again. This parsha includes a …
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Devarim: Resources and ideas
This week, we start our fifth and final sefer (book) of the Torah: Devarim. This whole book is basically a long speech from Moshe to the Israelites that recounts their journey and the Torah during the last 5 or so weeks of his life. Moshe begins with a general overview, rebuking the people for their …
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Matot-Massei: Resources and Ideas
This week is a double parsha. The Israelites war against Midian and the Torah gives a detailed account of the war spoils and how they were divided. Then the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh ask for the lands east of the JordanĀ – it’s good pastureland. Moses is angry …
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Pinchas: Ideas and Resources
Aharon’s grandson is rewarded for killing the Israelite man and the Moabite princess from last week (Balak). The Israelites participate in a census that counts 601,730 men between the ages of twenty and sixty. Lots are drawn for land, and Tzelofchad’s daughters cause the rewriting of the laws of inheritance when they petition for land …
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Balak: Ideas and Resources
In this week’s parsha, the son of the Moabite king, Balak, wants to send a prophet named Bilam to curse Bnei Yisrael because of their strength. There are several delegations sent to convince Bilam, each promising more rewards, but because Hashem had said no, Bilam did not go. Then, Hashem said to go, and Bilam …
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