Parsha V'zot HaBracha - This is the Blessing

By Richard Sison 2018

Introduction

V'Zot HaBerachah is a Hebrew for "and this is the blessing," It covers Deuteronomy 33:1 to 34:12, which sets out the final farewell and blessing of Moses for the 12 Tribes of Israel. The parsha concludes with the death of Moses in an undisclosed location.
Moses was 120 years old when he died, his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated (v. 7). The Israelites mourned for Moses for 30 days. Joshua was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him, and the Israelites followed him (v. 9).

And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the L-RD knew face to face, In all the signs and the wonders, which the L-RD sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel.
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Deuteronomy 34:10-12

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