Parashat Vaetchanan.
Deuteronomy 3:23 to 7:11 · second portion of the book of Deuteronomy
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Opening verses
וָאֶתְחַנַּ֖ן אֶל־יְהוָ֑ה בָּעֵ֥ת הַהִ֖וא לֵאמֹֽר׃
3:23And I besought the LORD at that time, saying:
אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה אַתָּ֤ה הַֽחִלּ֙וֹתָ֙ לְהַרְא֣וֹת אֶֽת־עַבְדְּךָ֔ אֶ֨ת־גָּדְלְךָ֔ וְאֶת־יָדְךָ֖ הַחֲזָקָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר מִי־אֵל֙ בַּשָּׁמַ֣יִם וּבָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה כְמַעֲשֶׂ֖יךָ וְכִגְבוּרֹתֶֽךָ׃
3:24’O Lord GOD, Thou hast begun to show Thy servant Thy greatness, and Thy strong hand; for what god is there in heaven or on earth, that can do according to Thy works, and according to Thy mighty acts?
אֶעְבְּרָה־נָּ֗א וְאֶרְאֶה֙ אֶת־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַטּוֹבָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּעֵ֣בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן הָהָ֥ר הַטּ֛וֹב הַזֶּ֖ה וְהַלְּבָנֽוֹן׃
3:25Let me go over, I pray Thee, and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that goodly hill-country, and Lebanon.’
Masoretic text and JPS 1917 translation.
The seven aliyot
| Aliyah | Verses | Opening |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deuteronomy 3:23 to 4:4 | And I besought the LORD at that time, saying: |
| 2 | Deuteronomy 4:5 to 40 | Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the midst of the land whither ye go in to possess it. |
| 3 | Deuteronomy 4:41 to 49 | Then Moses separated three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising; |
| 4 | Deuteronomy 5:1 to 18 | And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and observe to do them. |
| 5 | Deuteronomy 5:19 to 6:3 | These words the LORD spoke unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice, and it went on no more. And He wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them unto me. |
| 6 | Deuteronomy 6:4 to 25 | HEAR, O ISRAEL: THE LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE. |
| 7 | Deuteronomy 7:1 to 11 | When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and shall cast out many nations before thee, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than thou; |
| Maftir | Deuteronomy 7:9 to 11 | Know therefore that the LORD thy God, He is God; the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations; |
The Zohar on Vaetchanan
2 topics and 231 passages, from daf 260a to daf 270b, in Aramaic. The full Zohar is in Zion Torah+.
- זהר260a
- רעיא מהימנא260a
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