Wa'ethanan

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Va'etchanan (Hebrew for "I pleaded," the first word in the parshah) is the 45th weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the second in the book of Deuteronomy. It constitutes Deuteronomy 3:23 - 7:11. Jews in the Diaspora generally read it in late July or August. It is always read on the special Sabbath Shabbat Nachamu, the Sabbath immediately after Tisha B'Av. Moses pleaded with God to let him cross over and see the land on the other side of the Jordan River. (Deuteronomy 3:23-25.) But God was wrathful with Moses on account of the Israelites and would not listen, telling Moses never to speak of the matter again. (Deuteronomy 3:26.) God directed Moses to climb the summit of Pisgah and gaze about to look at the land.... Mehr