Nitzavim

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Contents

Readings
First reading—Deuteronomy 29:9–11
Second reading—Deuteronomy 29:12–14
Third reading—Deuteronomy 29:15–28
Fourth reading—Deuteronomy 30:1–6
Fifth reading—Deuteronomy 30:7–10
Sixth reading—Deuteronomy 30:11–14
Seventh reading—Deuteronomy 30:15–20
Readings for Parashiot Nitzavim-Vayelech
Readings according to the triennial cycle
In inner-biblical interpretation
Deuteronomy chapter 29
Deuteronomy chapter 30
In early nonrabbinic interpretation
Deuteronomy chapter 29
In classical rabbinic interpretation
Deuteronomy chapter 29
Deuteronomy chapter 30
In medieval Jewish interpretation
Deuteronomy chapter 29
Deuteronomy chapter 30
In modern interpretation
Deuteronomy chapter 29
Deuteronomy chapter 30
Commandments
In the liturgy
Haftarah
Summary
Connection to the Special Sabbath
Notes and references
Further reading
Biblical
Classical rabbinic
Early nonrabbinic
Medieval
Modern
External links
Texts
Commentaries

thumb|right|450px|"For this commandment . . . is not in heaven, that you should say: 'Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it to us . . . ?'" (Deuteronomy 30:11–12) Nitzavim, Nitsavim, Nitzabim, Netzavim, Nisavim, or Nesabim (—Hebrew for "ones standing," the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 51st weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the eighth in the Book of Deuteronomy. It comprises Deuteronomy 29:9–30:20 (Deuteronomy 29:10 onwards in some versions of the Hebrew Bible). In the parashah, Moses told the Israelites that all the people stood before God to enter into the covenant, violation of which would bring on curses, but if they returned to God and heeded God's commandments, then God would take them back in love and bring them together again from the ends of the world. Moses taught that this Instruction was not beyond reach, and Moses put before the Israelites life and death, blessing and curse, and exhorted them to choose life by loving God and heeding the commandments.

The parashah is made up of 2,123 Hebrew letters, 553 Hebrew words, 40 verses, and 72 lines in a Torah Scroll. Jews generally read it in September or, rarely, late August or early October, on the Sabbath immediately before Rosh Hashanah. The lunisolar Hebrew calendar contains 50 weeks in common years, and 54 or 55 weeks in leap years. In some years (for example, 2025), Parashat Nitzavim is read separately. In other years (for example, 2024, 2026, and 2027), Parashat Nitzavim is combined with the next parashah, Vayelech, to help achieve the number of weekly readings needed. The two Torah portions are combined except when two Sabbaths fall between Rosh Hashanah and Sukkot and neither Sabbath coincides with a Holy Day. In the standard Reform prayerbook for the High Holy Days (, machzor), parts of the parashah, Deuteronomy 29:9–14 and 30:11–20, are the Torah readings for the morning Yom Kippur service, in lieu of the traditional reading of Leviticus 16.