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When Is Vayeilech Read?
/ 5 Tishri 5786
Summary
- Moses prepares the people for his death and announces that Joshua will succeed him. (31:1–8)
- Moses instructs the priests and the elders regarding the importance of reading the Torah. (31:9–13)
- God informs Moses that upon his death, the people will commit idolatry and "many evils and troubles shall befall them." God tells Moses to teach the people a poem that will "be My witness." (31:14–30)
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Ten Minutes of Torah: Vayeilech Commentary
Here Comes the Son of Nun
By: Rebecca Good
Moses was so close to the people and such a huge part of their history that he could only see them as they had been with him: throughout the Exodus, wandering in the desert, and to the point where we find ourselves in Parashat Vayeilech.
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