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Shabbat Shalom !
Welcome to this week’s Parasha (Torah Portion), which is called Va’etchanan (And I Pleaded).
This is the portion that will be read in synagogues around the world this week during the Shabbat (Saturday) morning service.
This Shabbat follows the fast day of Tisha B’Av and has a special name:Shabbat Nachamu (Sabbath of Comfort). This name comes from the first lines of the Haftarah (prophetic portion) read on this day, which begins, “Comfort, oh comfort My people, says your God.”
Parasha Va’etchanan (And I Pleaded)
Deuteronomy 3:23–7:11; Isaiah 40:1–26; John 10:1–42
“Then I pleaded [va’etchanan] with the Lord at that time, saying: ‘O Lord God, You have begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your mighty hand, for what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do anything like Your works and Your mighty deeds?” (Deuteronomy 3:23–24)
