Deuteronomy

דְּבָרִים

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פָּרָשַׁת דְּבָרִים Devarim ch 1–3

Parshat Devarim opens the fifth book of the Torah with the words Moshe Rabbeinu speaks to all of Bnei Yisrael (the children of Israel) in the land of Moav (Jordan today), across the Yarden (the Jordan River), in the fortieth year. Read the summary →

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פָּרָשַׁת וָאֶתְחַנַּן Vaetchanan ch 3–7 from 3:23

Parshat Vaetchanan opens with Moshe Rabbeinu's plea to Hashem to be permitted to cross the Yarden (the Jordan River) and see the good land (of Israel). Read the summary →

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פָּרָשַׁת עֵקֶב Eikev ch 7–11 from 7:12

Parshat Eikev, named for its opening words "because (eikev) you listen," promises that if Bnei Yisrael (the children of Israel) keep Hashem's mishpatim (laws), He will keep His covenant with them and bless their children, their crops and their herds. Read the summary →

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פָּרָשַׁת רְאֵה Reeh ch 11–16 from 11:26

Parshat Re'eh sets before Bnei Yisrael (the children of Israel) a berachah (blessing) and a kelalah (curse): the blessing if they listen to Hashem's mitzvot, the curse if they turn to other gods. Read the summary →

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פָּרָשַׁת שֹׁפְטִים Shoftim ch 16–21 from 16:18

Parshat Shoftim sets up justice and leadership for Bnei Yisrael (the children of Israel) in their land: judges, courts, kohanim (priests), prophets and a king, all under the Torah. Read the summary →

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פָּרָשַׁת כִּי תֵצֵא Ki Teitzei ch 21–25 from 21:10

Parshat Ki Teitzei holds more mitzvot than any other parsha (the Sefer HaChinuch counts seventy-four), as Moshe Rabbeinu teaches Bnei Yisrael (the children of Israel) how a holy people lives in its land: in war, in the family, with property, and in kindness and honesty. Read the summary →

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פָּרָשַׁת כִּי תָבוֹא Ki Tavo ch 26–29

Parshat Ki Tavo is about entering the land and entering the covenant, as Moshe Rabbeinu nears the end of his words to Bnei Yisrael (the children of Israel) in the land of Moav. Read the summary →

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פָּרָשַׁת נִצָּבִים Nitzavim ch 29–30 from 29:9

Parshat Nitzavim is the covenant Moshe Rabbeinu makes with all of Bnei Yisrael (the children of Israel) in the land of Moav, and its call to return to Hashem and to choose life. Read the summary →

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פָּרָשַׁת וַיֵּלֶךְ Vayeilech ch 31

Parshat Vayeilech tells how Moshe Rabbeinu prepares Bnei Yisrael (the children of Israel) for his death, so that the Torah and its leadership continue after him. Read the summary →

פָּרָשַׁת הַאֲזִינוּ Haazinu ch 32

Parshat Haazinu is the shirah (song) that Moshe Rabbeinu teaches Bnei Yisrael (the children of Israel), which Hashem said would be a witness for them, never forgotten from the mouths of their descendants. Read the summary →

פָּרָשַׁת וְזֹאת הַבְּרָכָה Vezot Haberachah ch 33–34

Parshat Vezot HaBerachah, the last parsha of the Torah, is Moshe Rabbeinu's blessing of the tribes of Yisrael before his death, and the account of his death. Read the summary →

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Sefer Devarim Summary

Sefer Devarim, the fifth and last book of the Torah (Chumash), is Moshe Rabbeinu's farewell to Bnei Yisrael (the children of Israel), spoken across the Yarden (the Jordan River) in the fortieth year since leaving Mitzrayim (Egypt), to the generation that will enter the land of Kenaan (Israel). The Chachamim (Sages) call it Mishneh Torah, the repetition of the Torah. Moshe reviews the journey from Chorev (Har Sinai): the sin of the meraglim (spies) and the forty years it cost, and the defeat of Sichon and Og. He pleads to cross the Yarden himself, and Hashem refuses.

Moshe repeats the Aseret HaDibrot (the Ten Commandments), teaches the Shema — Hashem is One; love Him with all your heart — and warns Bnei Yisrael not to forget Hashem when they are satisfied in the good land. He retells the golden calf and the second luchot (tablets). Then come the laws for life in the land: the one place Hashem will choose for the korbanot (offerings), kashrut, maaser (tithes), the shemitah release of debts, the three regalim (festivals of Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot), judges, a king, kohanim (priests) and neviim (prophets), cities of refuge, war, family life, honest dealing and bikkurim (first fruits). The blessings and the curses follow, and Hashem promises that when Bnei Yisrael return to Him with all their heart, He will gather them back from every land. "Choose life."

Moshe writes the Torah, strengthens Yehoshua, and speaks the song of Haazinu and his blessing of the tribes. At one hundred and twenty years old he goes up Har Nevo, sees the land, and dies there by the word of Hashem. No prophet has arisen among Bnei Yisrael like Moshe, whom Hashem knew face to face.

Devarim has thirty-four perakim and eleven parshiyot, from Devarim to Vezot HaBerachah, read from Av through Tishrei and completed on Simchat Torah. Each perek on TorahSages carries the Hebrew text with the mefarshim of the Mikraot Gedolot, and each parsha has its own summary page.