Torah Talk for Parashat Haazinu
September 19, 2017 by
At the end of Moshe’s last speech to Bnei Yisrael, Hashem tells Moshe to write down a song to teach to the Israelites. “Put this song in their mouths,” Hashem says, “so that the words may become a witness for Me against them. After I bring them to the land that flows with milk and honey, they will eat and be satisfied and become obese. They will turn to other gods and serve them and mock Me and break My covenant. Then when many oppressive evils come upon them, this song will testify against them as witness.”
This week comes Shabbat Shuva, the Shabbat between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, which is a good time to remind ourselves of the frailty of human existence and the need to keep God in our lives at all times. Read more >
