Parsha Facts

PARSHA FACTS

Concepts

• Moshe’s request to enter Canaan is refused
• Principals of the faith
• Moshe sets up the cities of Refuge ערי מקלט
• Ten Commandments עשרת הדברות
• First paragraph of Shema
• Warning not to forget Hashem; remember the Exodus

People

• Moshe

Places

• Arvos Moav

Mitzvos: 12 mitzvos in the Parsha (Number 416-427 of 613 mitzvos in the Torah)

• 8 Positive Mitzvos and 4 Prohibitive Mitzvos
• 416. Not to desire what belongs to another Jew.
• 417. To believe in the unity of HaShem.
• 418. To love HaShem.
• 419. To study Torah.
• 420. To recite the Shema every morning and every evening.
• 421. To put Tefillin on the arm.
• 422. To place Tefillin on the head.
• 423. To fix a Mezuzah on the doorpost of one’s house.
• 424. Not to test a true prophet unreasonably.
• 425. To kill the seven nations that occupied the Land of Israel.
• 426. Not to have positive feelings for idol-worshippers.
• 427. Not to marry non-Jews.

Year from Creation

Timeline

ST OF SHVAT UNTIL THE 6TH OF ADAR MOSHE EXPOUNDED TORAH (36 DAYS)

Sedra-Stats

• 45th of the 54 sedras; 2nd of 11 in Sefer Devarim
• Written on 249 lines in a Sefer Torah; 7th of 54
• 21 parshios: 5 open, 16 closed

Comparison to the other sedras:

• 122 pesukim – 17th of 54 (2nd of 11 in Devarim)
• 1878 words – 10th of 54 (2nd of 11 in Devarim)
• 7343 letters – 10th of 54 (2nd of 11 in Devarim)