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Rabbi Eliezer Finkelstein of Bais Abraham Congregation.

D’var Torah: Write down this song

Rabbi Eliezer Finkelstein, Bais Abraham Congregation Published September 25, 2025

The final Mitzvah of the entire Torah appears in our Parsha, but it is slightly hidden. At the end of Parshat Vayelech, God tells Moshe: “And now write for yourselves this song and teach it to the Children of Israel to place it in their mouths;...

D'var Torah: Every generation finds a leader it needs for its time

D’var Torah: Every generation finds a leader it needs for its time

RABBI CARNIE SHALOM ROSEPublished September 29, 2022

Parashat Vaylech is the shortest parashah in the corpus of the lectionary, the weekly readings of the Torah as we have them in our shuls. Yet despite its brevity, it possesses several critical teachings intended not only for our ancestors, the Ancient...

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