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This Week’s Portion #53

Ha’azinu | ?????? | “Give ear!/Listen” ???? | ’Ad’mT’u

1. Torah Reading

Deuteronomy 32:1-52

2. Prophets Reading

2 Samuel 22:1-51

3. New Testament Reading

Romans 10:14-11:12

Portion Outline – TORAH

Deuteronomy 31:30 | The Song of Moses
Deuteronomy 32:48 | Moses’ Death Foretold

Portion Outline – PROPHETS

2 Samuel 22:1 | David’s Song of Thanksgiving

Portion Commentary

Heaven and Earth; Rain and Dew

Thought for the Week: Rab Yehudah said, “The day when rain falls is as great as the day when the Torah was given, as it is said [in Deuteronomy 32:2], ‘Let my teaching drop as the rain.’ [When Moses said] “teaching”, he meant Torah, as it is said of the Torah [in Proverbs 4:2] “For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my Torah.” (b.Ta’anit 7a)

Commentary: Moses begins his song by calling upon the heavens and the earth as witnesses to his teaching. He says, “Give ear, O heavens, and let me speak; and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.” (Deuteronomy 32:1) He follows this progression, from heaven to earth, when he says, “Let my teaching drop as the rain.” (Deuteronomy 32:2) Rain is that which falls from heaven to earth, in a sense, connecting heaven and earth. In rabbinic literature, Torah is often compared to rain failing from heaven to earth.

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