Questions tagged [haazinu]
The weekly Torah portion of Haazinu (Deuteronomy 32:1-32:52)
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Why does Rashi leave out an example?
In Devarim 32:48 the pasuk says:
וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה בְּעֶ֛צֶם הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר
That very day the LORD spoke to Moses
Rashi on Devarim 32:48 writes:
וידבר ה' אל משה בעצם היום ...
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Different versions of Haazinu song structure
I have heard (in conversation) that there are early Torah scrolls, or sources mentioning this, that don't follow the two-column Haazinu that is now universally written; but rather, something similar ...
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Torah Format of Haazinu [duplicate]
What is the symbolism behind the mesorah to write the song of Haazinu in the two-halves of the klaf as seen here and below? (Why is this style the standard song format?)
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Haftarat Shuva - Skipping backwards?
Some communities read selections from three of the Trei Asar - Hoshea, Yoel and Michah - as the haftarah on Shabbat Shuva (the shabbat between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur.) (See e.g. Mishnah Berurah ...
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Are Shiros considered one parshah or several?
The two Shiros, Shiras HaYam and Shiras Ha’azinu, are both written slightly differently from one another, but are both written in a “brickwork” format, rather than the typical paragraph format (YD 275:...
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Why, in Haazinu, does "ask your father and they will tell you explanation" have only one "ask"?
In Parashat Haazinu, it is written "ask your father and he will tell you, your elders and they will explain". I once heard a explanation as to why "ask" is written by one's father whereas by elders ...
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Why is the HEY enlarged in Deut. 32:6?
"To" Ha Shem.... In some Torah scrolls the HEY is enlarged for the word "To" which proceeds Ha Shem, What is the significance? I have not seen this in other verses of Torah where the word proceeding ...
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How does this Midrash Tanchuma relate to God guarding 'like the pupil of His eye'?
In the last Midrash Tanchuma in Parshas Haazinu is the following:
(Translation omitted; Source provided by Sefaria.org)
יצרנהו כאישון עינו. הקדוש ברוך הוא נוצר לבחוניו, כאדם הנוצר אישון עינו. ומעשה ...
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YHWH and Elyon separate deities? [duplicate]
In Deuteronomy 32:8-9 states:
When Elyon gave to the nations their allotted inheritances,
when he divided the sons of Adam,
he established the boundaries of the peoples
according to the number of the ...
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Deuteronomy 31:19 Torah Leining
I see some discussion on Trope and the cantillation symbols, but little has been addressed by way of why you lein. I read Deuteronomy 31:29 in Scripture today and it made me wonder, Is it possible ...
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Can Rashi mean eagles actually fly with their young on their wings?
Rashi brings down regarding the meaning of "I carried you on eagles' wings" (Exodus 19:4, see also Deut. 32:11) that an eagle carries its young on its back.
But, has anyone questioned the truth to ...
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Why does Rashi on Shmos 12 (41) not quote the Sifrei which he does quote on Devorim 32 (48)?
Why does Rashi on Shmos 12 (41) not quote the Sifrei which he does quote on Devorim 32 (48)?
In relation to the words
בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה and the Exodus from Egypt, the Sifrei there says,
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Please explain location of end of verse pattern in Ha'azinu
Parshat Ha'azinu is, for the most, written in 2 side-by-side columns. I noticed the following pattern:
verses 1-13 end in the left column
verses 14-38 end in the right column
verses 39-43 end in the ...
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Can Moshe die at will?
Devarim 32:49-50
עֲלֵה אֶל-הַר הָעֲבָרִים הַזֶּה הַר-נְבוֹ, אֲשֶׁר בְּאֶרֶץ מוֹאָב, אֲשֶׁר, עַל-פְּנֵי יְרֵחוֹ; וּרְאֵה אֶת-אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן, אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי נֹתֵן לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לַאֲחֻזָּה. נ ...
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Who are the demons in Deuteronomy 32:17?
They sacrificed to demons that were no gods,
to gods they had never known,
to new gods that had come recently,
whom your fathers had never dreaded. (Deuteronomy 32:17)
This 'demons that ...
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Source for Mishne Torah's Song of the Levites for Shabbat afternoons
Mishne Torah in Hilchos Temidin uMusafin 6:9 brings the following halacha:
במוספי שבת, אומרין שירת "האזינו" (דברים לב,א), וחולקין אותה לשישה פרקים ה'ז'י'ו' ל'ך', כדרך שקוראין אותה שישה בבית הכנסת; ...
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Hazi"v La"kh: what's behind the division?
The Talmud (Rosh Hashana 31a) tells us that the Haazinu song (Devarim 32) was sung weekly in the Temple and divided into six segments, given by the mnemonic HaZIV LaKh הזיו לך (where each letter is ...
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