Haazinu

Ha'asinu (Hebrew הַאֲזִינוּ - "Listen " - to add: " heavens ") is a reading section ( Parasha or Sidra ) of the Torah, and includes the text of Deuteronomy / Devarim 32.1 to 52.

It is the Sidra of the 2nd Sabbath in the month of Tishri.

Gist

  • Is the song of Moses, has been referred to the weekly section Wajelech
  • Heaven and earth to witness to God's justice
  • Sins of the people are only to his own misfortune, it shows up so ungrateful to God's blessings
  • In Wohlleben the people spurned his God and turned to other gods
  • God takes revenge with pestilence, famine and anti- oppression
  • Moses carries this song to the people before and points out with emphasis on its importance
  • Moses climbs Mount Nebo, where he shall die: "You can see the country from the other side of the valley But you must the land which I am giving to the Israelites, do not enter. " (Verse 52)

Haftorah

Regarding the accompanying Haftorah there are different cases and different traditions. The most common reading is Hosea 14.2 to 10.

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