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Va'etchanan
thumb|300px|right|Moses Pleading with Israel (illustration from a Bible card published 1907 by the Providence Lithograph Company) '''Va'etchanan' (—Hebrew for "and I will plead," the first word in the parashah) is the 45th weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the second in the Book of Deuteronomy. It comprises Deuteronomy 3:23–7:11. The parashah tells how Moses asked to see the Land of Israel, made arguments to obey the law, recounted setting up the Cities of Refuge, recited the Ten Commandments and the Shema'', and gave instructions for the Israeli
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58 sectionsContents
- Readings
- First reading—Deuteronomy 3:23–4:4
- Second reading—Deuteronomy 4:5–40
- Third reading—Deuteronomy 4:41–49
- Fourth reading—Deuteronomy 5:1–18 (or 5:1–22)
- Fifth reading—Deuteronomy 5:19 (23)–6:3
- Sixth reading—Deuteronomy 6:4–25
- Seventh reading—Deuteronomy 7:1–11
- Readings according to the triennial cycle
- In ancient parallels
- Deuteronomy chapter 5
- Deuteronomy chapter 6
- In inner-Biblical interpretation
- Deuteronomy chapter 4
- Deuteronomy chapter 5
- The Sabbath
- Other commandments
- To walk in God’s ways
- Deuteronomy chapter 6
- Deuteronomy chapter 7
- In early nonrabbinic interpretation
- Deuteronomy chapter 4
- Deuteronomy chapter 5
- Deuteronomy chapter 6
- In classical rabbinic interpretation
- Deuteronomy chapter 3
- Deuteronomy chapter 4
- Deuteronomy chapter 5
- Deuteronomy chapter 6
- Deuteronomy chapter 7
- In medieval Jewish interpretation
- Deuteronomy chapter 4
- Deuteronomy chapter 5
- Deuteronomy chapter 6
- Deuteronomy chapter 7
- In modern interpretation
- Deuteronomy chapter 4
- Deuteronomy chapter 5
- Deuteronomy chapter 6
- Commandments
- According to Maimonides
- According to Sefer ha-Chinuch
- In the liturgy
- The Weekly Maqam
- Haftarah
- Summary
- Connection to the Special Sabbath
- Notes
- Further reading
- Ancient
- Biblical
- Early nonrabbinic
- Classical rabbinic
- Medieval
- Modern
- External links
- Texts
- Commentaries
thumb|300px|right|Moses Pleading with Israel (illustration from a Bible card published 1907 by the Providence Lithograph Company) '''Va'etchanan' (—Hebrew for "and I will plead," the first word in the parashah) is the 45th weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the second in the Book of Deuteronomy. It comprises Deuteronomy 3:23–7:11. The parashah tells how Moses asked to see the Land of Israel, made arguments to obey the law, recounted setting up the Cities of Refuge, recited the Ten Commandments and the Shema'', and gave instructions for the Israelites' conquest of the Land. The parashah is made up of 7,343 Hebrew letters, 1,878 Hebrew words, 122 verses, and 249 lines in a Torah Scroll (Sefer Torah). 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. As the parashah describes how the Israelites would sin and be banished from the Land of Israel, Jews also read part of the parashah, Deuteronomy 4:25–40, as the Torah reading for the morning (Shacharit) prayer service on Tisha B'Av, which commemorates the destruction of both the First Temple and Second Temple in Jerusalem.