V-4 Re-eh OUT FROM EGYPT
Torah: Dt 11:26-16:17 JPS
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Haftorah: Is 54:11-55:5
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Aliyot:
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1. Dt 11:26-12:10
2. Dt 12:11-28
3. Dt 12:29-13:19
4. Dt 14:1-21
5. Dt 14:22-29
6. Dt 15:1-18
7. Dt 15:19-16:17
OVERVIEW:
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Moses warns the Israelites that choices come with blessings or curses depending on their observance of God's commandments. Customs of a foreign religion are forbidden. They must destroy all forms of idolatry and pagan worship within their midst. Previously the Israelites would build altars and have sacrifices throughout their journey, but after entering Canaan, sacrificial worship would be restricted to Jerusalem. Because of this, rules relating to slaughter and human consumption had to be modified, repeating laws of kashrut. Birds of prey are forbidden as with sea life without fins and scales. the camel and hare are also forbbiden as they chew the cud but have no true hooves, while the pig has hooves but does not chew the cud. With the prohibition of following pagan customs, comes the prohibition of alien mourning customs and self-infliction. Tithing and the Shemittah are reviewed along with charity for the poor. At the end of the parashah is a review of passover and the feast of tabernacles.
IN FOCUS
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"There shall be no needy person among you-since the Lord your God will bless you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you as a hereditary portion-if only you shall heed the Lord and take care to keep all this instruction that I enjoin you this day."
Dt 15:4-5
"If however, there is a needy person among you, one of your kinsman in any of your settlements in the land that the Lord your God is giving you, do not harden your heart and shut your hand against your needy kinsman. Rather you must open your hand and lend him sufficient for whatever he needs...Give to him readily and have no regrets when you do so, for in return the Lord your God will bless you in all your efforts and in all your undertakings. For there shall never cease to be needy ones in your land..."
Dt 15:8-11
"If your kinsman being in straits comes under your authority, and you hold him as though a resident alien, let him live by your side: do not exact from him advance or accrued interest, but fear your God. Let him live by your side as your kinsman. Do not lend him money at advance interest, or give him food at accrued interest. I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the Land of Egypt... If your kinsman under you continues in straits and must give himself over to you, do not subject him to the treatment of a slave."
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