by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 11, 2023 | Vezot Haberachah
Vezot Haberacha is the final portion of the Torah. In it, Moses blesses each of the tribes, as is customary in the Bible for parents to bless their children before dying. When Moses is done, God instructs him to ascend the mountain where he will survey the land before...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 8, 2023 | Good and Evil, Vezot Haberachah
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz The Torah is not really a very large book. In a mere 79,976 Hebrew words, the Torah (Five Books of Moses) covers all of history from the creation until the Jews were ready to enter the Land of Israel. With such a wide-reaching agenda, it...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 5, 2021 | Chanukah, Israel, Vezot Haberachah
The modern city of Modi’in was established in the 1990s about 20 miles northwest of Jerusalem and about halfway between Israel’s capital and Tel Aviv. Modi’in was not mentioned in the Bible or in the Mishna so little is known about its history. The modern city of...
by Rabbi Tuly Weisz | f 30, 2021 | Vezot Haberachah, Videos
Rabbi Moshe Lichtman presents Israel in the Torah portion on the final parsha in the Torah, “Vezot...