by Ahuva Balofsky (Moderator) | f 14, 2015 | Devarim
Moses now turns to discuss the reason the Israelites are still in the wilderness. Moses reminds them that 38 years earlier  the people had approached him asking to send spies to check out the land they were about to inherit, ostensibly to form a battle plan. Moses had...
by Ahuva Balofsky (Moderator) | f 14, 2015 | Devarim
The portion ends by reiterating the establishment of Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh’s portion on the eastern side of the Jordan River. The two and a half tribes were given the lands of Sihon and Og in Numbers 32. However, Moses at the time, he reminds the nation,...
by Ahuva Balofsky (Moderator) | f 14, 2015 | Devarim
Moses speaks to the people of Israel in the final weeks of their sojourn in the desert. He reminds them of God’s promise to their forefathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give the land to their descendants. He then begins with a review of the leadership...
by Ahuva Balofsky (Moderator) | f 19, 2014 | Devarim
Moses notes for the people a number of nations with whom the Israelites had various interactions over the years. First he speaks of the descendants of Esau and of Moab, whom the Children of Israel encountered early in their journey. God, at the time, instructed the...
