Parsha Eikev: Because

By Richard Sison | 2017

Introduction

In the Parsha of Eikev (“Because”), Moshe proceeded with his closing remarks to the people, encouraging them that if they will fulfill the commandments (Heb: mitzvah) of the Torah, they will prosper in the Promised Land they are about to conquer and settle in keeping with the L-RD’s promise to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

A primary passage in this Parsha is pertaining to the Shema, which repeats the primary mitzvah (commandment) and describes the rewards of fulfilling G‑d’s commandments, which becomes a source of the precept of prayer, and includes a reference to the resurrection of the dead in the messianic age.

because in connection with him were created all things — in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, lordships, rulers or authorities — they have all been created through him and for him.

Colossians 1:16

The message