This week’s parsha is Vayeilech: Deuteronomy 31:1-30
| Vayeilech (31:1-30) – (Then He Went Out) |
| 31:1-6: Moses takes leave | 31:14-18: Moses’ end draws near |
| 31:7-9: Joshua | 31:19-23: The Torah as testimony |
| 31:10-13: Torah to be read during Succot | 31:24-30: Moses gathers the people |
D’var Torah: Hiding from Ourselves
Torah Pearls: Parsha Vayeilech
This week is Shabbat Shuva, the Shabbat between Rosh Hashannah and Yom Kippur. The readings deal with repentence and God’s mercy.
This week’s Haftarah is: Hosea 14:2-10; Micah 7:18-20; Joel 2:15-27 (Ashkenazi); Hosea 14:2-10; Micah 7:18-20; Joel 2:15-27 (Sephardi)
Hosea chapter fourteen is an appeal to Israel to return to God. If she repents, God promises to forgive the people.
Micah chapter 7: Micah asks that she be brought back from the Nations and restored to her homeland.
Joel chapter 2: God declares that if sincere repentance is offered, He will protect the Land and cause the locusts to remain where they are and not invade Israel.