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This Week's Portion #53

Ha'azinu | האזינו | "Give ear!/Listen" አድምጡ | ’Ad’mT’u
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1. Torah Reading

Deuteronomy 32:1-52

1.1 First reading — Deuteronomy 32:1–6

1.2 Second reading — Deuteronomy 32:7–12

1.3 Third reading — Deuteronomy 32:13–18

1.4 Fourth reading — Deuteronomy 32:19–28

1.5 Fifth reading — Deuteronomy 32:29–39

1.6 Sixth reading — Deuteronomy 32:40–43

1.7 Seventh reading — Deuteronomy 32:44–52

2. Prophets Reading

2 Samuel 22:1-51

3. New Testament Reading

Romans 10:14-11:12

Portion Outline - TORAH

Deuteronomy 31:30 | The Song of Moses

Deuteronomy 32:48 | Moses' Death Foretold

Portion Outline - PROPHETS

2 Samuel 22:1 | David's Song of Thanksgiving

The word Ha’azinu (האזינו) literally means “give ear,” an expression meaning “Listen to this.” It is also the name of the fifty-third and second-to-last reading from the Torah. It is the first word of the Song of Moses, which begins with the words “Give ear (Ha’azinu), O heavens, and let me speak” (Deuteronomy 32:1).

Rab Yehudah said, “The day when rain falls is as great as the day when the Torah was given, as it is said [in Deuteronomy 32:2], ‘Let my teaching drop as the rain.’

Moses begins his song by calling upon the heavens and the earth as witnesses to his teaching. He says, “Give ear, O heavens, and let me speak; and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.”(Deuteronomy 32:1) He follows this progression-

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