Nitzavim-Vayeilech - 4th Portion

Join me as we learn Humash for Wednesday Parshas Nitzavim Vayeilech when combined, chapter 30, verse 15. Today we're going to learn as Moshe told yesterday the Jewish people that he easily accessible to the words of the Torah. Today Moshe uh continues with that theme and tells them it's all about freedom of choice that we have that choice to make of where we want to be and what side do we want to act on. Re'eh Anochi nosen lifnecha hayom es hachaim v'es hatov, behold I have set before you today life and good v'es hamoves v'es hara, and death and evil. Rashi es hachaim v'es hatov, zeh taluy bazeh, each one's dependent on one another. Im ta'aseh tov, if you're going to do what's good, ad elecha chaim, you'll have a wonderful life. Im ta'aseh ra, but if you're going to do what's evil, ad elecha moves then the death will come your way. And the following verses explain that. And the following verses will explain how that works out. Verse 16. Asher anochi metzavcha hayom, that is and life and death dependent are respectively based on that I command you today l'ahavah es Hashem Elokecha, to love God your God, laleches bidrachav, to go in His ways, ul'ishmor es mitzvotav v'es chukotav v'es mishpatav, and His statutes and His and His ordinances, v'chayisa and you will live, ur'visa and you will increase, uv'erachacha Hashem Elokecha in God your God will bless you ba'aretz in the land asher ata holech lasham l'rishta, that you're going to enter in order to possess. Rashi verse 16, Asher anochi metzavcha hayom l'ahavah, harei hatov, the good that I'm giving you bo taluy, it's independent, that means if you want to live and be able to multiply and and appreciate the land, l'chayisa of it, to live and to enjoy and continue to increase. That's the life I'm referring to. Verse 17. That's the life I'm referring to. Verse 17. However, if you're going to the Conversely, if your heart deviates, well, I see you're not going to listen. And you will be drawn astray. You shall and you will then bow to the other gods and serve them. Rashi says, there you have the bad that will come your way. This is verse 18. I tell you today that you're going to You will certainly perish. You will not endure on the land you're going to cross now the Jordan to come there to possess. I'm sorry. That's verse 19. I see my way. I have set before you. I'm sorry. I invoke the I invoke the heaven and earth today. I invoke them as witnesses. Life and death before you. The blessings and the curses. But choose life. That your offsprings should live and that you should live and that your offsprings should live as well. Rashi. I see my way. Why am I invoking the heaven and earth as witnesses? Because they are there for eternity. Therefore, when bad comes your way, they will be the witnesses that I have warned you about this. They will be the witnesses that I have warned you about this. They will be the witnesses that I have warned you about this. Another explanation. Why do I take the witnesses as heaven and earth? God tells the Jewish people. He's Look up at the heaven that I created to serve you. Do you see that they Maybe they changed their way of behaving that they're not serving you properly? Sham shalom al galgal hamel mishehu elohim. Do you ever see that the sun may have not come up on the east and shining and giving its light to the world? But you see they're constantly doing their job. The sky is always there. The sun is always doing what it's got to do. In shalom as it says in Koheles in Ecclesiastes, the zora hashem shalom the sun goes down and the sun comes up. He stuck about it. Look at the land shalom shalom shalom that it created to serve you as well. Shalom shalom shalom. Do you think that the earth changed its way? Shalom shalom shalom did you sow and did it not grow? Shalom shalom shalom have you ever sowed wheat and out came barley? So take this as a lesson. Ma el shalom shalom shalom shalom and look at these creations heaven and earth that they were not made to get reward or to lose something from it. That means there's no reward and punishment with the ground with the earth and the heaven. Im shalom shalom. Im shalom im shalom if they do what's good they don't get any reward. Im shalom and if they sin im shalom and they don't get any punishment. But still shalom shalom and they still have not changed. Every single day they do the exact same thing for the last 5,000 years. Atom you shalom that if you do what's good shalom you're going to get reward. Im shalom and if you sin shalom you'll get punishment. Shalom shalom and more so you should be following God's because you get rewarded from it and God forbid the opposite. Therefore Moshe concludes shalom shalom shalom. Choose life. I'm shalom I'm giving you a good idea. I'm telling you what you should choose. It's not like you have to. Yes there's freedom of choice but I'm telling you what's the good thing for you. I'm shalom shalom shalom I'm telling you choose the parts the part the portion of life. God shalom like a guy tells his son shalom shalom shalom pick the best portion My shalom shalom shalom. shows them which is the best part. Finally he tells him make sure you pick this one. This is what we say in King David says that God gave me the portion that he put it the portion what I have that this is meant for me. God put my hand on the product that's good for me and he said take this this is for you. Verse 20. Namely what is the life that you should choose? What is the the portion you should choose? To love God your God to obey him to cleave to him to connect to him your source of life for your length of this source of having length of days to stay on the earth and that God dwell on the land that God has sworn to your forefathers that God has sworn to your forefathers that he would give to them. We now begin the is on the same day that Moshe made the covenant. This is the day of Moshe's passing and this is the same day that Moshe speaks his last will and testament his last words to the Jewish people. Chapter 31 verse one. And Moshe went and spoke the following words to all the Jewish people. Continuing on to verse two as they are connected. He tells them the Jewish people as follows. Then may have asked him I am 120 years old. I am no longer allowed by God to come and go before you as a leader. The Hashem and God said to me, you're not going to be crossing the Jordan River. You may think that at this point Mosha, the reason why he couldn't lead the Jewish people because he was weak. Thomas therefore the next verse is going to tell us as we're soon going to see at the end of chapter 34:7 it tells us eyes and I get weak and neither did he show any sign of old what does it mean he can't and he not allowed. The permission was taken from me, the leadership was taken from me and given over to Yeshua. God said to me this is what he means that I can no longer go and come because of God said I am today. What does it mean today? Today is exactly 120 years meaning I was born on this day which is the 7th of and I will pass on this day which is the 7th of as well. Another explanation what to go and to come to be able to consult and discuss words of Torah that at that point he was no longer able to have the wellsprings of wisdom was no longer at him at the time. Verse three God your God will he will cross the ahead of you. He will destroy all the nations from before you. And you will then and they will dispossess them. And you Yeshua who's going to be the leader ahead of you. He will be the one to lead the Jewish people and cross the Jordan with you. Like God has spoken. Verse four And and will do to them meaning to the people any opposition to the to the nation to the world that when you cross the Jordan. The king of the Emirates that land that God destroyed. When the son of the nation and God will place them before you they are some of them and you will do according to all the commandments of the like I commanded you concerning them. Be strong and courageous alter the altar to neither fear nor be discouraged. We pray him from them who God is the one who goes with you. He will neither fail you for the nor will he forsake you. The altar means what does it mean the word the is not going to make you weak he's not going to fail you he is not a man that you should be let go so to speak that you should be able to let loose from him. This concludes fourth off of the and combined.