Concepts
- Moshe’s rebukes
- Efforts to avert conflict
- Successful military campaigns
- East bank of the Yarden settlement
- Battle orders for the Canaanite wars
People
Moshe
Places
Arvos Moav
Mitzvos: 2 prohibition Mitzvos in the Parsha (Number 414-415 of 613 Mitzvos in the Torah)
- 414. Not to appoint a judge who is not learned in the laws of Torah, even though he is learned in other areas.
- 415. A judge should not fear an evil man at a trial.
Timeline
Year from Creation: 2488
1ST OF SHVAT UNTIL THE 6TH OF ADAR: MOSHE EXPOUNDED TORAH (36 DAYS)
Sedra-Stats
44rd of the 54 sedras; 1st of 11 in Sefer Devarim
Written on 196.5 lines in a Sefer Torah; 26th of 54
5 parshios: 1 open, 4 closed
Comparison to the other sedras:
- 105 pesukim – 32nd of 54 (6th of 11 in Devarim)
- 1548 words – 26nd of 54 (6th of 11 in Devarim)
- 5972 letters – 24th of 54 (5th of 11 in Devarim)
Note: Rare mid-pasuk paragraph break (2,8)
This Parsha read the week prior to the ninth of Av