A ‘Bissel’ of Torah: VAYELECH (DEUTERONOMY 31:1-31:30)

By Joy Scott, Am Haskalah Congregant   This week’s Torah parsha, Vayelech, is both heartrending as well and inspirational. It begins with Moses speaking the following words to the Children of Israel: “Today, I am one hundred and twenty years old; and the Lord has told me that I will not cross the Jordan with […]

A ‘Bissel’ of Torah: VAYELECH (DEUTERONOMY 31:1-31:30)

By Joy Scott, Am Haskalah Congregant   This week’s Torah parsha, Vayelech, is both heartrending as well and inspirational. It begins with Moses speaking the following words to the Children of Israel: “Today, I am one hundred and twenty years old; and the Lord has told me that I will not cross the Jordan with […]

A ‘Bissel’ of Torah: VAYELECH (DEUTERONOMY 31:1-31:30)

By Joy Scott, Am Haskalah Congregant   This week’s Torah parsha, Vayelech, is both heartrending as well as inspirational. It begins with Moses speaking the following words to the Children of Israel: “Today, I am one hundred and twenty years old; and, the Lord has told me that I will not cross the Jordan with […]

A ‘Bissel’ of Torah: NITZAVIM-VAYELECH (DEUTERONOMY 29:9-31:30)

By Joy Scott, Am Haskalah Congregant   This week, we read a double Parshiot (NITZAVIRIM-VAYELECH). After hearing the list of 98 terrifying curses, at the end of last week’s Torah Parsha (KI TAVO), the people were devastated, and questioned whether they could possibly withstand such frightful punishments. Moses responded with the opening statement of Parsha […]

A ‘Bissel’ of Torah: VAYELECH (DEUTERONOMY 31:1-31:30)

By Joy Scott, Am Haskalah Congregant This week’s Torah Parsha (VAYELECH) is both heartrending, as well as being inspirational. It begins with Moses speaking the following words to the Children of Israel: “Today, I am one hundred and twenty years old; and, the Lord has told me that I will not cross the Jordan with […]