Ki Savo - 4th Portion

Join me as we learn Chumash for Wednesday parashas Ki Savo, chapter 27 verse 1. The following passages reaffirm the covenant that Moshe makes with the Jewish people. And Moshe reminds them of the covenant that God has made with them, especially as they're about to enter into the land of Israel. Vayetzav Moshe v'ziknei Yisrael leimor, and Moshe together with the elders of Israel commanded the Jewish people saying, Shomrim kelal mitzvah, you must increase you must safeguard the commandments asher anochi metzaveh eschem hayom that I'm going to command you today. Rashi, shomrim mitzvah, this is not only a commandment for the future, the this is this commandment, I'm sorry, is telling them for the future. Lo sh'ein and it's the future and present. Lo sh'ein hoyev, meaning it's something that you have to constantly guard. It's not something that you do once and it's done. Continuously guard these commandments. Verse two. V'haya bayom asher ta'avor es haYarden tzarta, and it will be at the time when you cross the Jordan River. El eretz asher Hashem Elokecha nosen lach l'land that God is going to give you. V'hakimosa l'cha avanim gedolos, and you will set up for yourself big boulders, and 12 of them to be exact. V'sata osam basid, and you must plaster them with lime. Rashi, verse two. V'hakimosa lach, what is this referring to? So this is part of things that are missing over here in the verses following. BaYarden, that means there's going to be these boulders in the actual Jordan, and this is going to be to remember the miracle of how the Jordan split. V'achicha teetzu misham, meaning you're going to take the boulders that were that were in the Jordan, you're going to take them. And what's he saying? V'achicha teetzu misham acherim v'sivtem osam mizbeach b'Har Eival. You're going to take other boulders and you're going to build you're going to make an altar on Mount Ebal and those you're going to put plaster on. That means it comes over here it's three different kinds of boulders, three different kinds of stones that we used. Stay message you were 12 stones beyond in the actual Jordan itself. Ooh, connect done and because there were 12 boulders in the Jordan that held up the water and because of that miracle they took another 12 boulders by Gilgal and Gilgal. Ooh, connect done. And again and then besides those 12 because there were 12 in Gilgal they took another 12 and they put them up on our Ebal that was before and they built with that the altar as it says and the tractate of Sota. So we have over here was 12 to remind them about the miracle of the crossing of the Jordan, 12 that they put in the Gilgal and then 12 that they used ultimately to build the pile the altar with. Verse three. And on those you're going to write upon all the words of the Torah as described presently. And the essential part especially the fact of where you were crossing the land toward the land that God has given you. I shall the land that God your God has given you a land that flows of milk and honey land that flows of milk and honey land that flows of milk and honey land that flows of milk and honey land that flows of milk and honey your forefathers have spoken to you. Rashi verse four. The whole year above Messiah day. And finally after you have crossed the Jordan on that same day you will already have come out to keep with the seven day you must then set up these stones. The I shall make him to tell him that I command you where you're going to put those stones I have Mizbeach that I command you today by Har Eval on Mount Eval as an altar, which that was the three the third set of stones. The sabbath you shall and you must plaster them with lime. Verse five. You build over there an altar for God your God. It's going to be an altar of stones. Do not use any iron with them to cut them. Do not use any iron with them to cut them. Rather, what are you going to do? You must build the altar from whole stones. To cut them. Rather, what are you going to do? You're going to use must build the altar from whole stones. From whole stones you're going to build the altar to God your God. You're going to bring on it offer up on it ascent offerings to God your God. Verse seven. Bring you must slaughter peace offerings. You'll eat there and rejoice before God your God. Before God your God. Before you bring the sacrifices on this altar that you're making from 12 stones, you're going to have to write upon these about these stones. All the words of these Torah translated very clearly very clearly written. Meaning as Rashi is going to explain by the 70 different languages which was at that time the 70 primary languages and that's why it means very clearly meaning in all different languages. As we're going to see after this they would still on that same day they would scrape the plaster off the altar, dismantle those 12 stones and return it bringing the 12 stones with you to the initial encampment in Gilgal and erect from there the memorial there out of these stones cuz as we mentioned as we mentioned earlier that they're going to take those 12 stones and make them as a memorial. So they're using them as an altar, and then they're going to put them back as a memorial. Verse nine. Moses spoke to the Kohanim and the Levites and all the Jewish people at that time. Pay attention and listen up, Jewish people. Today, this very day you have become a people. Which is that you have the covenant that you made with God. the covenant that you've made with God your God. Rashi, has case like the Targum says, listen up. Every day you have to look as if you've entered a covenant with God. You will listen to the words of God and you will do his commandments and statutes and the command you here today. This concludes the fourth Torah reading of Parshas Ki Savo.