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When Is R'eih Read?
/ 25 Av 5786
/ 25 Av 5787
/ 27 Av 5788
Summary
- God places both blessing and curse before the Israelites. They are taught that blessing will come through the observance of God’s laws. (11:26–32)
- Moses’ third discourse includes laws about worship in a central place (12:1–28); injunctions against idolatry (12:29–13:19) and self-mutilation (14:1–2); dietary rules (14:3–21); and laws about tithes (14:22–25), debt remission (15:1–11), the release and treatment of Hebrew slaves (15:12–18), and firstlings (15:19–23).
- Moses reviews the correct sacrifices to be offered during the Pilgrim Festivals—Pesach, Sukkot, and Shavuot. (16:1-17)
More R'eih Commentaries
- Seeing the Paths Ahead
- The "Angel Who-Knows"
- The Responsibility of Power
- Setting an Ethical Table
- What Torah Says about Economic Equity
- Balancing Between Anarchy and Self-Actualization
- Identity and Ethics: Knowing Who and Whose You Are
- R’eih for Teens: Shabbat Sha-raps
- Tear Down Their Altars
- Torah and Taliban: Is There Something in Common?
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Listen to Rabbi Rick Jacobs discuss Parashat R'eih in these episodes of his podcast, On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah.
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Ten Minutes of Torah: R'eih Commentary
The Climb
By: Rebecca Good
The word r’eih comes from the verb meaning “to see,” and when one looks closely there is certainly much to see both literally and figuratively in this week’s parashah.
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