Questions tagged [vayelech]
The weekly Torah portion of Vayelech (Deuteronomy 31:1-31:30)
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Is Vayelech misnumbered
Why is the siman for Parshat Vayelech listed as 70 if it only has 30 pesukim?
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Hakhel and the gerim
The mitzvah for Hakhel (lit. to gather or to assemble) can be found in sefer Devarim, perek 31:10.
And Moshe commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in
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Corona virus in Netzavim Vayeilech
The Vilna Gaon said that each Parsha in Devarim corresponds to 100 years between 5000-6000 years of creation, making our generation somewhere in Nitzavim-Vayeilech. Being that corona virus has had ...
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Why does Chinuch confuse Parashat Nitzavim and Vayelech?
Why does [this edition of] Minchas Chinuch list the two Mitzvos of Parashat Vayelech under Parashat Nitzavim?
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Was Moses' original scroll used as a blueprint for all following scrolls?
In Parashat Vayelech, Moses writes/completes a Torah scroll and hands it over to Kohanim to keep it in the Holy Ark.
Does anybody mention that its purpose was to serve as a blueprint for other Torah ...
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Dependency on the 5 parts of Mitzvat Hakhel
According to Rambam (CHagigah 3), the Mitzva of Hakhel has five parts:
the people: men, women and children, that come to hear the reading by
a king that reads the portion of
the Torah Scroll
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'Nishbaati' or 'Nishbawti'
In Vayelech, the Tikkun Simanim has a couple ambiguities in the notes. In shishi a sentence ends with "נשבעתי". The text shows a patach, but the notes indicate should be a kamatz (in MT)? Is it a ...
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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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How can Moshe be jealous of his Talmid Yehoshua?
The Gemara in Sanhedrin 105b says
דאמר רב יוסי בר חוני בכל אדם מתקנא חוץ מבנוותלמידו... ואיבעית אימא (במדבר כז, כג) ויסמוך את ידיו עליו ויצוהו
as Rav Yosei bar Ḥoni says: A person is jealous of ...
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Is the mitzva to write a Torah scroll for oneself derived from Deuteronomy 31:19?
This site cites (under Torah - 16) Deuteronomy 31:19 for the reason that there is a mitzva to write your own Torah scroll.
That every person shall write a scroll of the Torah for himself.
Is that ...
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What is the meaning of the phrase לצאת ולבוא?
What is the meaning of the oft-repeated phrase לצאת ולבוא as in Deuteronomy 31:2 ? I realize it means "to conduct business" or "to lead", but I was hoping for more of a deep dive (does it come from a ...
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What's the significance of בי״ה שמ״ו סימן, espcially on Dt. 31:28?
In most sifre Tora (Torah scrolls), 240 columns of text each start with the letter vav (ו), and five do not. The first of those five exceptional columns, of course, is the first column of the Torah, ...
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Why is Vayelech read twice in a year?
It is mechanically possible, like this year, that parshas Vayelech is actually read twice in one year - last year it was after Rosh haShanah on Shabbos Shuvah, and this year - together with Nitzavim, ...
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