Adath Shalom Shabbaton Aug 2 2020
Dvar Torah – Vaetchanan:
The book of Deuteronomy is comprised of a series of speeches delivered by Moses to the Israelites as they are about to enter the Promised Land. But, as Moses points out bitterly and repeatedly at the beginning of the book, even after all of his trials and tribulations, he himself will not be permitted to cross over. Shawna’s dvar torah will look at two different explanations in the Torah for why Moses is forbidden from entering the Promised Land.
Lecture: 
Deuteronomy is not the most interesting of biblical books to read – it’s repetitive, there’s not a lot of action, and it’s dotted throughout with law codes and descriptions of rituals. It is, however, of central importance historically. Understanding the what, when, where, and why of Deuteronomy’s composition goes a long way to understanding how Judaism is born out of the ashes of destruction and exile in the 6th century BCE. View Shawna’s lecture here, and join us for a Q&A session about it during our Shabbaton, after her Dv’ar Torah.