Parashat Vaetchanan

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Shabbat Services https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85895579341 In person or attend via zoomDon’t forget that Sunday school starts in the fall! Bar and Bat mitzvah preparation too! This week’s parshah is Va-et’hanan, the second parshah of Sefer D’varim, Deuteronomy. Moshe continues his last oration to the People of Israel as they are about to cross the Jordan River without him. This parshah is always read on Shabbat Nahamu, the first Shabbat after Tish’ah B’Av. Shabbat Nahamu is the first of the seven Shabbatot of Consolation between Tish’ah B’Av and Rosh Hashanah, on which we read Isaiah’s prophecies of comfort. Significantly, Va-et’hanan contains a recapitulation of ‘Assereth Had’varim, the “Ten Commandments”. Revelation at Sinai was the pivotal moment in our history-when we entered into a Covenant with the Holy One. We have always regarded our relationship with the Divine as one of mutual obligation. This is why we take comfort after mourning the destruction of Jerusalem and exile from our home in the Land of Israel-because of our faith that our relationship with God endures, and that redemption will come. Shabbat Shalom. Hazzan Yitzhak Ben-Moshe Shabbat candle lighting times in Austin 8:08 PM