Ekew

Ekew ( Biblical Hebrew עֵקֶב ʿÉqev , German 'consequence, wage' ) denotes a reading section of the Torah with the text Deuteronomy / Dewarim 7.12–11.25 (7.12–26 BHS ; 8 BHS ; 9 BHS ; 10 BHS ; 11.1–25 BHS ).

It is the reading of the 3rd or 4th Sabbath in the month of Av .

Essential content

The text continues the exhortation to the people of Israel. The covenant with God will continue if the divine commandments are observed. The Canaanites (including the Hittites and Hivite ) are to be driven out of Canaan . There is no legal claim to the land of Canaan. It commemorates the sin through the worship of the golden calf and the events of the renewal of the covenant on Sinai. Israel is exhorted to fear and love God. Keeping the commandments will be rewarded with fertile rain.

Haftara

The associated Haftara is Isa 49.14–51.3 (49.14–26 BHS ; 50 BHS ; 51.1–3 BHS ).

literature

Rabbi Dr. Salomon Almekias-Siegl ( ARK ): With all your heart and soul - God wants people to honor and fear him (mitzvah). In: Jüdische Allgemeine . Central Council of Jews in Germany , August 10, 2017, accessed on September 22, 2017 .

Web links

Gesa Shira Ederberg : Ekew - Because we were strangers ourselves. In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, August 10, 2018, accessed December 21, 2018 .
Gesa Shira Ederberg : Ekew - The grace as a Jewish worldview. In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, September 2, 2016, accessed April 28, 2018 .
Walter Rothschild : Ekew - Some verses of the Torah should be viewed with caution today. In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, August 2, 2013, accessed April 28, 2018 .
Konstantin Pal: Ekew - "... because you were strangers". In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, August 25, 2017, accessed April 28, 2018 .
Rabbi Dr. Simon Bernfeld: Jewish translation by Ekew. In: talmud.de. talmud.de, May 6, 2020, accessed June 2, 2020 .

Individual evidence

↑ Dewarim / Deuteronomy 7.12-11.25. after the Codex L . In: tanach.us. Retrieved October 9, 2017 .
↑ Isa 49: 14-51: 3. according to the Codex L. In: tanach.us. Retrieved October 9, 2017 .
↑ Hanna Liss: Tanach - Textbook of the Jewish Bible . 3. Edition. Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH, Heidelberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8253-5904-1 , p. 174 (414 pp.).

[1] Dewarim / Deuteronomy 7.12-11.25. after the Codex L . In: tanach.us. Retrieved October 9, 2017 .

[2] Isa 49: 14-51: 3. according to the Codex L. In: tanach.us. Retrieved October 9, 2017 .

[3] Hanna Liss: Tanach - Textbook of the Jewish Bible . 3. Edition. Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH, Heidelberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8253-5904-1 , p. 174 (414 pp.).