Wesot Habracha

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Wesot Habracha ( Biblical Hebrew וְזֹאת הַבְּרָכָה 'And this is the blessing' - to be added: Moses ) is a reading section ( Parascha or Sidra ) of the Torah and includes the text Dtn / Dewarim 33–34 (33 EU , 34 EU ).

It is the cider of the Simchat Torah festival.

Essential content

  • Before his death, Moses blesses the individual tribes except for the tribe of Simeon .
  • God makes him see the whole country.
  • Moses dies at the age of 120.
  • God himself buries him, nobody knows Moses' grave.
  • Israel mourns Moses for 30 days.
  • Israel obeys Joshua and carries out all the commands God gave Moses.
  • Conclusion of the Pentateuch : "Never again has a prophet like Moses appeared in Israel."

Haftara

The associated Haftara is Jos 1  EU .

literature

  • David Sander: Wesot Haberacha . In: Jewish Lexicon . tape IV / 2 . Jewish publishing house, Berlin 1927, Sp. 1414 f .
  • Selig Bamberger (translator): Raschi's Pentateuch commentary. Fourth edition. Goldschmidt, Basel 2002, pp. 599–608.