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Parashat Vayelech - Third Aliyah
The strengthening moves from all Israel to Joshua himself: Moses calls him before the eyes of the whole people and places on him the responsibility to bring Israel into the land, recalling that God goes before him. At the close Moses writes the Torah and gives it to the priests, the sons of Levi, and to the elders of Israel.
Parashat Vayelech - Second Aliyah
Moses goes on strengthening Israel for the entry into the land: what was done to Sihon and Og is the example of what will happen with the nations in the land. Alongside the promise, the responsibility to act according to the whole commandment is stressed, and the aliyah closes with be strong and courageous, because God goes with the people and will not fail them or forsake them.
Parashat Vayelech - First Aliyah
The aliyah opens at a moment of leadership transition: Moses is a hundred and twenty years old and will not cross the Jordan, but the point of confidence passes to God who goes over before the people, and Joshua is presented as the one who continues the practical leadership.
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Vayelech
Parashat Vayelech is a farewell that is busy with the future: Moses at a hundred and twenty strengthens Joshua before all Israel, writes the Torah and hands it on, sets the commandment of Hakhel, and receives the knowledge that the people will still fail. Insights on a leader who knows how to let go, on courage that does not cancel fear, and on the one letter that separates tavo from tavi, plus 25 questions for study and discussion.
Nitzavim
Parashat Nitzavim stands a whole people in a covenant, reaches exile and collapse, and from there turns to repentance, to the commandment that is not in heaven and to choosing life. Insights on a covenant made also with those not yet born, on repentance that begins in the heart, and on the personal decision at the end of the parasha, plus 25 questions for study and discussion.
Ki Tavo
Ki Tavo begins with a basket of fruit and ends with a national covenant, blessings and rebuke. Insights on first fruits, the tithe of the poor, the ceremony on Mount Gerizim and Mount Eival, and on the gap between feet that reached the land and a heart that arrived there.
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