Ha Rav

Torah – Annual: Deuteronomy 29:9 – 31:30 (pages 878 – 891)
Torah Reading – Deuteronomy
(1) 29:9-11 (2) 29:12-14
(3) 29:15-17 (pages 878-879)
(4) 31:10-13 (5) 31:14-19 (6) 31:20-24
(7) 31:25-27 (pages 888-890)
Maftir: 31:28-30 (pages 890-891)
Haftarah: Isaiah 61:10- 63:9 (pages 883-886)

This Shabbat we get “two readings for the price of one”! Why
does this happen some years and not others?

Take a look at 29:10. If Moses wishes to say that everyone
was part of the covenant ceremony, from the most important to the least
important, why are the two phrases used both from the bottom of the social
ladder?

What does the word Torah mean? (Many answers are possible).

Moses seems to be a bit nasty as he approaches the end of his
life. He is convinced that the people will behave badly in the future. He
prepares witnesses against them to testify when the people violate the
Covenant with God. How are we to understand this – both from a traditional
point of view and a text-critical approach?

Why do we chant the Haftorah from Nitavim (883) and not from
Vayyelech (891)?