Questions tagged [parshat-devarim]
The weekly Torah portion of Devorim (Deuteronomy 1:1–3:22)
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Is it allowed to live in a place which has brazen Avodah Zarah?
Is a Jew allowed to live in a place which has brazen Avodah Zarah? I'm talking about places like India, China and Cambodia. While Christians worship idols as well they say that doing so is wrong. I'm ...
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Respect the stranger?
The word גר is commonly translated convert. However, we are commanded to love the גר as we were גרים in Egypt. Exodus 22:21, ibid 23:9, Deuteronomy 10:18-19. How can the Jewish people be said to have ...
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Esau, Edom, Rome and the Jews
In parshat Devarim, Hashem tells the Israelites to leave the Edomites alone and bypass them: "You shall not provoke them, for I will not give you of their land...because I have given Mount Seir to ...
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Rashi on Moshe's timing to reprimand and bless
Rashi in the beginning of parshas Devarim addresses Moshe's decision to reprimand Klal Yisroel at the end of his life, that is the last day of his life, and writes the following:
ויהי בארבעים שנה ...
