V-7 Ki Thavo Honor Due
Torah: Dt 26-29:8 JPS
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Haftorah: Is 60 JPS
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Aliyot:
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1. Dt 26-1-4
2. Dt 26:12-15
3. Dt 26:16-19
4. Dt 27:1-10
5. Dt 27:11-28:6
6. Dt 28:7-69
7. Dt 29:1-8
OVERVIEW:
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Ki Thavo opens with the dedication of first fruits. By offering the first fruits to the temple, they acknowledge the sovereignity o God and His goft of the land. Ki Thavo also contains the second Tochacha, series of curses, given to the Israelites. The first tochacha, spoken to the first generation after the debacle of the Spies, appears in Bechukotai, Leviticus 26:14-45. The parasha presents the natural progression of cause and effect through the way we deal with one another and our respect for the land and gifts that God has given us. Within the section is the Law of Ben Sorer, the wayward and rebellious son., emphasizing the integrity of society is based on the well-being of family relationships. At a glance, Ben Sorer seems brutal, but the negative mitzvot causes us to re-examine ourselves in the light of positive comandments and social action.
IN FOCUS
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"Cursed be he who insults his father or mother..."
Dt 27:16 JPS
"If a man has a defiant and wayward son, who does not heed his father or mother and does not obey them even after they discipline him, his father shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his town at the public place of his community..."
Dt 21:18-22 JPS
"Honor your father and mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may long endure, and that you my fare well, in the land that the Lord your God is assigning you."
Dt 5:16 JPS
"My son heed the discipline of your father,
And do not forsake the instruction of your mother;
For they are a graceful wreath upon yur head,
A necklace to your throat."
Prv 1:8-9
HONOR DUE
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Honoring parents is fifth on the list of commandments in the Decalogue, making a bridge between man's relationshp and God and man with man. Mitzvot are divided between man's relationship with God or with men. The first command calls us to recognize ourselves as subjects of God, created in the image of God. Our first obligation in life is to honor God and we do that by eschewing false gods, idolatry and false oaths, while fulfilling a righteous life. The divine commandments close with the fourth, remembering the Shabbat as a new week begins with a new cycle of activity. The commandment to honor parents opens the series of commands regarding human relationships. They are the primary influences of our life.
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