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In the beginning of parashat Vayelech . Moshe tells the people, today I am 120 years old, לא אוכל עוד לצאת ולבוא– I am no longer able to go out and come in. On the surface level, it sounds like Moshe was saying due to his old age he could no longer lead the people. However, Rashi writes, we know from a pasuk at the end of parashat V'zot Haberacha that Moshe remained strong and vibrant up until his last breath on this earth. Therefore, the interpretation of this pasuk is that Moshe was telling them he was no longer able to be their leader only because Hashem told him his time was up. Everybody has their time and they must take advantage of it while it is there. Some times are more optimal than others. The Midrash Raba gives a mashal to explain how it was possible that Moshe Rabbenu was not answered to be allowed to go into Eretz Yisrael. The parable is of a king who had a beloved friend who he appointed to be the chief officer over his palace. One day, this officer was seen outside the gate of the palace and was being denied entry. Nobody could believe it because just the day before he was in charge of everything that went on in that palace. And now, he wasn't even allowed in! The guard explained it was because his time was up. The king appointed a new chief and this man was reduced to just a commoner. Similarly by Moshe Rabbenu. Anything he said Hashem listened to right away. He said קומה ה' – Rise Hashem, he said שובה ה' – Return Hashem. He said to Hashem to open the mouth of the earth and swallow Korach, and so on, and Hashem acquiesced to all of his requests on the spot. But then, when Moshe wanted to go into Eretz Yisrael, Hashem denied him, and the reason was because his time of always being answered immediately was up. Moshe had his time and then it was taken away. The key in all situations in life is to be aware of the opportunities we are being given and capitalize upon them. We are now in the most spiritual time of the entire year. The month of Elul is auspicious for spirituality. Everything we do counts more. Our prayers are more readily accepted. What may take dozens of tefilot to accomplish during the rest of the year can be accomplished now with much fewer. Our learning is worth more, our mitzvot are worth more. A man was once walking with a great rabbi. It was Erev Rosh Hashanah in the morning and he turned to the rabbi and asked for some final words of inspiration before Rosh Hashanah. The rabbi said in a raised voice, “Elul stands for אני לדודי ודודי לי , there is an outpouring of love from Hashem in Elul.” The man was wondering why the rabbi would speak about Elul when the month was practically over and Rosh Hashanah was at their doorstep. The rabbi then repeated, “ אני לדודי ודודי לי . ” He said, “There are still a few hours left of this precious month. Go now and use them wisely.” With those words, the man started to cry. It was then that he realized the value of every moment in Elul. We still have one week left of Elul. Tonight is the final Shabbat of the year. Let us take advantage and keep it the way it is supposed to be kept. This year on Rosh Hashanah there is no shofar on the first day because it will be Shabbat. The shofar is what arouses the mercy of Hashem during judgment. If we treat Shabbat the way it is supposed to be treated, then Shabbat will advocate on our behalf and arouse Hashem's mercy instead of the shofar . This Shabbat is extremely important. If we haven't kept it until now the way we are supposed to, we can still fix it. We should accept upon ourselves to do our utmost to honor Shabbat, not to speak mundane speech, to adhere to all the halachot and learn extra Torah. This opportunity is still here. Let us grab it while we have it. Shabbat Shalom
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Parashat Nitzavim: Elevating Ourselves from Our Earthly Nature
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Parashat Nitzavim falls in the thick of the season of teshuvah in the calendar. This is no coincidence—it is the primary source in the Torah for the concept of teshuvah. Although we will sin and face the consequences of our failures, Nitzavim teaches that we can find our way back to a life of blessing.
Em nosso Beit Midrash, perguntas são feitas sobre a Parashat HaShavua. Reflexões são geradas por meio destes questionamentos.
The Morning Scroll is your weekly, bite-sized parsha study with Rabbi Deena Cowans. This week, we read Parashat Nitzavim.Check out upcoming Shabbat services and programs here. Follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook. And be sure to like and subscribe to our podcast for updates on new episodes!Want more torah? Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai with Rabbi Lizzi.Produced by Mishkan Chicago. Music composed, produced, and recorded by Kalman Strauss.
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Parashat Nitzavim: We Are All Princes
Doing teshuva seems to be such an enormous undertaking. But is that what it's meant to be like?
In this week's podcast Karen Miller Jackson examines insights from Chazal about the process of Teshuva. From there she draws lessons about the parallels for repairing our interpersonal relationships.| Wishing you a Shana Tova, lots of health and happiness! If you are enjoying this podcast, please consider sponsoring an episode for $36/₪120 here. Sign up here to receive this podcast weekly to your inbox. Please join us on September 12th for an evening of Renewal & Rejuvenation: Yom Kippur and Mikveh. Register and get the link at theedencenter.com/yomkippur
Parashat Nitzavim Mitzvat Teshuvah by Rabbi Benjamin Lavian
Parashat Nitzavim with Rav Dovid Gottlieb #1 - The Gift and Responsibility of Teshuva: An Awesome Insight of the Meshech Chochma #2 - Midrash - "Lo Bashamayim Hi" - The Amazing Interpretation of Chazal #3 - Sparks of Musar - Breaking Free from the Shackles of Habit and Routine #4 - Sparks of Chassidus - Appreciating the Unity of the Jewish People: A Remarkable Teaching from the Lubavitcher Rebbe #5 - Machshava / Jewish Thought - Is Teshuva Based on Fairness or Compassion, Din or Rachamim?
Estudamos semanalmente no BEIT MIDRASH LIVRE a Parashat HaShavua a Porção que é lida semanalmente, da Torá dentro do ciclo de leitura anual. Analisamos o texto de modo crítico e com olhar acadêmico. Este é mais um estudo da Parashá semanal.
Estudamos semanalmente no BEIT MIDRASH LIVRE a Parashat HaShavua a Porção que é lida semanalmente, da Torá dentro do ciclo de leitura anual. Analisamos o texto de modo crítico e com olhar acadêmico. Este é mais um estudo da Parashá semanal.
Estudamos semanalmente no BEIT MIDRASH LIVRE a Parashat HaShavua a Porção que é lida semanalmente, da Torá dentro do ciclo de leitura anual. Analisamos o texto de modo crítico e com olhar acadêmico. Este é mais um estudo da Parashá semanal.
Topics Include: Selichot and the New Year for the Animals, responsibility and standing together as a community, Shmita and an ecological consciousness For a full transcript, please click the following link: https://www.dwinitiative.org/news/categories/untitled-category To follow this series weekly, please subscribe to the Deep Water Initiative mailing list on our website. The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
Reflexión semanal
Shabat nitzavim; shabat selijot; shabat antes de rosh hashana ; Porque no bendecimos el mes de tishrei? Que es selijot? Rab Meir Shlomo yanovski a”h abuelo del REBE
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Parashat Nitzavim - La Mitzva de Teshuva! Es muy cerca?
פרשת נצבים וילך Parashat Nitzavim & Vayeilech
Remazim of Elul in Parashat Nitzavim & Teshuvah. Sweet Judgement on Rosh Hashanah
פרשת #נצבים #וילך #פרשת_נצבים #פרשת_וילך שנת ה"תשף.1 ارتباط نیصاویم و روش هشانا Remazim of Elul in Parashat Nitzavim & Teshuvah. Sweet Judgement on Rosh Hashanah
Nitzavim Part 5: Gan Eden & the Land of Israel (30:11-18)Sefer DevarimSponsorship AvailableThis part in Parashat Nitzavim taught by Rabbi Menachem Leibtag TanachStudy.com
Reflexiones de la parasha de la semana.
Nitzavim Part 6: "Heaven & Earth" and the Biblical Theme of Creation (30:19-20)Sefer DevarimSponsorship AvailableThis part in Parashat Nitzavim taught by Rabbi Menachem Leibtag TanachStudy.com
Entre el Baal Shem tov y el Alter Rebe , Jasidut general y Jasidut Jabad
In Deuteronomy 10:16 God commands that we are to circumcise our hearts. But in this week's Torah portion, Deuteronomy 30:6 says that He will circumcise our hearts. Which is it and how will this occur? Learn more in the 5 Minute Torah commentary on Parashat Nitzavim (Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20).
R. Dr. Yoni Grossman - Literary Analysis - NitzavimThis part in Parashat Nitzavim is taught by Rabbi Dr. Yoni Grossman TanachStudy.com
Nitzavim Part 3: The Biblical Theme of Sedom (29:21-28)Sefer DevarimSponsorship AvailableThis part in Parashat Nitzavim taught by Rabbi Menachem Leibtag TanachStudy.com
Nitzavim Part 4: "Teshuva & Tefilla" - The Eternal Option of 'Repentance' (30:1-10)Sefer DevarimSponsorship AvailableThis part in Parashat Nitzavim taught by Rabbi Menachem Leibtag TanachStudy.com
Nitzavim Part 1: Britot & Matzevot: From Har Sinai to Arvot Moav (29:9-12)Sefer DevarimSponsorship AvailableThis part in Parashat Nitzavim taught by Rabbi Menachem Leibtag TanachStudy.com
Nitzavim Part 2: The Option of "Leaving the Covenant" (29:13-20)Sefer DevarimSponsorship AvailableThis part in Parashat Nitzavim taught by Rabbi Menachem Leibtag TanachStudy.com
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This week we read Parashat Nitzavim, and we ring in the year 5780. Join us as Rabbi Rick Jacobs shares memories of Rosh HaShanah and enjoying the unique holiday customs and rituals within our Ashkenazi and Sephardic communities, and discusses the sweetness of sharing them with each other. Shanah Tovah!
The JTS Torah Commentary Podcast for Parashat Nitzavim 5778 by Rabbi Daniel Nevins.
Parashat Nitzavim with Rabbi Asher Meza of TorahJudaism.com
The JTS Torah Commentary Podcast for Parashat Nitzavim 5778 by Rabbi Daniel Nevins.
Parashat Nitzavim features the phrase “choose life,” but what does it mean to choose life? One way of choosing life is by becoming an organ donor. Rabbi Jacobs discusses why this lifesaving choice is part of his Jewish values in this episode of On the Other Hand.
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class - Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20 - September 30, 2016
At the beginning of Parashat Nitzavim, we hear the phrase, "Today you are all standing." This phrase isn't referring to people simply standing, it means that the Jewish people stood together and entered into a Covenant, affirming the things that matter most. But, what are the things that matter most today? Listen to Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, discuss Parashat Nitzavim, and what it means to continue the Covenant. See also: The Reform Movement's call to action:
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class: Deuteronomy 29:9–30:20 - September 11, 2015
KMTT - Parashat Nitzavim, written by Rav Ezra Bick Much of the content of Parashat Nitzavim, relating to the message of sin and punishment, seems to have been covered already last week in Parashat Ki Tavo. In what way does Parashat Nitzavim break new ground, and what can we learn from this about the nature of our covenant with God?
Tochacha Chapter 28 contains what is known in Judaism as the ‘Tochacha’. We have encountered this before in Leviticus 26:14-46. Allow me to recall my notes from there for you: According to one online Hebrew-English dictionary, the origin word ‘tocheycha’ conveys a “reprimand.” Browns, Driver, Briggs defines this word as “rebuke, correction, reproof, punishment, chastisement.” By its context, since the source is the Holy One Himself, it conveys the purpose of “divine retribution.” Interesting by comparison, the Hebrew of this current perek (chapter) is written in the plural, addressing collective Isra'el. Its counterpart in D’varim 28, however, is written in the singular. The Gaon of Vilna explains that the difference conveyed by the listing in D’varim is that the Holy One, Blessed Be He, is addressing collective Isra'el, that is, each and every Jew that was present then and each and every Jew that will be born in the future. Indeed a quote from the JPS version of Parashat Nitzavim (D’varim 29:13, 14 [14, 15 in English Bibles]) gives the Gaon this impression: 29:13 But it is not with you alone that I am making this covenant and this dread oath. (V’lo itchem l’vadechem anochi koret et-hab’rit hazot ve'et-ha'alah hazot.) 29:14 I am making it both with those who are standing here with us today before God our Lord, and with those who are not [yet] here with us today. (Ki et-asher yesh’no poh imanu omed hayom lifney Adonai Eloheynu ve'et asher eynenu poh imanu hayom.) Rashi explains that the phrase "v’lo itchem l’vadchem" includes even "dorot ho’asidim l’hiyot" - generations that are destined to yet come into existence. Indeed, the Gemara (the commentary on the Mishnah) explains that the principal of communal responsibility - kol Yisroel areivim zeh bozeh - is rooted in Parashat Nitzavim. Thus, the collective nature of the Tochacha in particular, and K’nesset Yisra’el (Assembly of Isra'el) in general, includes any future member of B’nei Yisra’el (Sons of Isra'el) as well. Accordingly, the Gemara derives the concept of arvus (say “ar-voos”), “joint responsibility [of one Jew for another's performance of mitzvot]”, from the tochacha, which emphasizes the collective unit of B’nei Yisra’el. In this sense, Rav Yeruchum Perlow explains the view of the Bahag who counts the Tochacha and its blessings and curses among the 613 mitzvot. He suggests that the Bahag was not referring to the ceremony and ritual of the Tochacha, but rather to the mitzvah of arvus, which is rooted in the Tochacha itself. In the Hebraic mind, to accept the yoke of heaven (also spoken of as the yoke of the Kingdom) means to place one’s trust in HaShem. Additionally, to accept the yoke of the Torah means to be submissive to God’s Written Word. We know from spiritual hindsight that trust in HaShem and submissiveness to his Torah should result in trust in his Son Yeshua. Such trust is meant to be a safeguard against idolatry. Sadly, far too few believers actually avail themselves of the full measure of protection that the Ruach HaKodesh offers. If the historic Church would have kept the Written Word guarded (Heb: shamar) we might not have the penchant lust for Sun worship that is rife in Christianity. Conversely, if the historic Synagogue had not aligned herself against the newly formed Church, we might not have the lack of faith in Yeshua (Jesus) that we find in Rabbinic Judaism today. So what should a proper balance of trust and obedience look like?
We have finally come to the last portion of Vayikra, known as Parashat B’chukkotai (say “b-choo-koh-tie”; the “ch” is as the “ch” in Bach). The root word from which our Torah portion’s title is taken is “choke,” and it means “statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed. ” This should not be confused with its counterpart “Torah” which is also sometimes translated along these same lines. I understand the word choke to convey something a bit more “wooden” (edict) when compared to Torah (teaching). Because this commentary’s teachings are so pertinent to world Jewry, both past and present, I shall be making many more rabbinic quotes than I normally do. I will ask my non-Jewish audience to bear with me as I reach out to my fellow “Y’hudim” (Jews) through the instructions of the Chazal (Sages of Blessed Memory). This week’s Torah teaching introduces one of the central aspects of the covenant made through Moshe Rabbenu (Moses our teacher): obedience. The Torah clearly teaches here in this parashah that blessing is predicated upon obedience to its chukkim (edicts). What sort of blessing? Physical, social, and financial, to name a few. But not spiritual. First the “Bad News…” The LORD’s reproof to ‘Am Yisra’el, found in chapter 26:14-45, is known in Judaism as the “Tochacha”, a “minor” listing of “curses” brought against the People for their disobedience. A similar yet “major” listing, also referred to as “Tochacha”, can be read in Parashat Ki Tavo at D’varim (Deuteronomy) chapter 28. According to one online Hebrew-English dictionary, the origin word ‘tocheycha’ conveys a “reprimand. ” Browns, Driver, Briggs defines this word as “rebuke, correction, reproof, punishment, chastisement.” By its context, since the source is the Holy One Himself, it conveys the purpose of “divine retribution.” Interesting by comparison, the Hebrew of this current perek (chapter) is written in the plural, addressing collective Isra'el. Its counterpart in D’varim 28, however, is written in the singular. The Gaon of Vilna explains that the difference conveyed by the listing in D’varim is that the Holy One, Blessed Be He, is addressing collective Isra'el, that is, each and every Jew that was present then and each and every Jew that will be born in the future. Indeed a quote from the JPS version of Parashat Nitzavim (D’varim 29:13, 14 [14, 15 in English Bibles]) gives the Gaon this impression: 29:13 But it is not with you alone that I am making this covenant and this dread oath. (V’lo itchem l’vadechem anochi koret et-hab’rit hazot ve'et-ha'alah hazot.) 29:14 I am making it both with those who are standing here with us today before God our Lord, and with those who are not [yet] here with us today. (Ki et-asher yeshno poh imanu omed hayom lifney Adonai Eloheynu ve'et asher eynenu poh imanu hayom.) Rashi explains that the phrase "v’lo itchem l’vadchem" includes even "dorot ho’asidim l’hiyot" - generations that are destined to yet come into existence. Indeed, the Gemara (the commentary on the Mishnah) explains that the principal of communal responsibility - kol Yisroel areivim zeh bozeh - is rooted in Parashat Nitzavim . Thus, the collective nature of the Tochacha in particular, and K’nesset Yisra’el (Assembly of Isra'el) in general, includes any future member of B’nei Yisra’el (Sons of Isra'el) as well. Accordingly, the Gemara derives the concept of arvus (say “ar-voos”), “joint responsibility [of one Jew for another's performance of mitzvot]”, from the tochacha, which emphasizes the collective unit of B’nei Yisra’el. In this sense, Rav Yeruchum Perlow explains the view of the Bahag who counts the Tochacha and its blessings and curses among the 613 mitzvot. He suggests that the Bahag was not referring to the ceremony and ritual of the Tochacha, but rather to the mitzvah of arvus, which is rooted in the Tochacha itself.
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class: Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20 - September 19, 2014