Summer Parshiyot for Torah project

Students should be working on copying these 4 summer parshiyot on to templates. Their work is due on Friday, March 30.

פרשה: עֵקֶב ספר: דברים פרק: ז פסוק: יב

וְהָיָה ׀ עֵ֣קֶב תִּשְׁמְע֗וּן אֵ֤ת הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים֙ הָאֵ֔לֶּה וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֥ם וַֽעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֹתָ֑ם וְשָׁמַר֩ ה אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ לְךָ֗ אֶֽת־הַבְּרִית֙ וְאֶת־הַחֶ֔סֶד אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִשְׁבַּ֖ע לַֽאֲבֹתֶֽיךָ:

Summary: Moshe tells Bnei Yisrael (BN”Y) that if they obey God’s laws, they will be rewarded and if they disobey the laws, they will be punished. Moshe reminds BN”Y about the times when they have missed the mark, for example, with the Golden Calf, and warns them not to do it again. This parashah contains the 2nd paragraph of the Shma.

Commentary: God and Moshe have to keep reminding BN”Y not to do wrong. I think it is so easy to do the wrong thing because... One thing that I do to remind myself to do the right thing is...

פרשה: ראה ספר: דברים פרק: יא פסוק: כו רְאֵ֗ה אָֽנֹכִ֛י נֹתֵ֥ן לִפְנֵיכֶ֖ם הַיּ֑וֹם בְּרָכָ֖ה וּקְלָלָֽה:

Summary: Moshe tells BN”Y that they should choose to follow God’s laws and they will be rewarded. Moshe tells BN”Y that they should not follow other gods, he reviews which animals are kosher and which are unkosher, and he tells them about the laws of Hebrew slaves. Moshe also tells BN”Y about the three pilgrimage holidays, Pesach, Shavuot and Sukkot

Commentary: Moshe tells that people that they should be “seen” by God three times a year, at the three holidays. I think that I am “seen” by God at this time: This moment is meaningful to me because...

רשה: שופטים ספר:דברים פרק: טז פסוק: יח שֹֽׁפְטִ֣ים וְשֹֽׁטְרִ֗ים תִּֽתֶּן־לְךָ֙ בְּכָל־שְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֨ר ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לְךָ֖ לִשְׁבָטֶ֑יךָ וְשָֽׁפְט֥וּ אֶת־הָעָ֖ם מִשְׁפַּט־צֶֽדֶק:

Summary: Moshe tells BN”Y that they should have fair laws and judges, and that they should “pursue justice.” God tells Moshe the laws about when BN”Y will want a king and how to choose one (in the future). The laws of the city of refuge are explained: if someone kills another by accident, they can run away to the city of refuge and they will not punished. When going in to battle, anyone who just got married, built a house or is scared does not have to go.

Commentary: A midrash teaches that we have to work for justice, and we have do to that in a just way- this means that the ends do NOT justify the means. I think it is important to work for justice in a just way because... The lesson I learn from this is...

פרשה: כי תצא ספר: דברים פרק: כא פסוק: י כִּֽי־תֵצֵ֥א לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה עַל־אֹֽיְבֶ֑יךָ וּנְתָנ֞וֹ ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ בְּיָדֶ֖ךָ וְשָׁבִ֥יתָ שִׁבְיֽוֹ:

Summary: Moshe tells BN”Y more laws: a child who disobeys his parents is put to death, you have to take care of your friend’s lost property, and when taking the eggs from a nest, you have to shoo the mother bird away first. The laws of divorce are explained. Moshe tells BN”Y to remember what Amalek did to them as they left Egypt and never to forget.

Commentary: The command to remember Amalek is that we must always remember the evil that was done to us. I think it is important to remember what has been done to our people because... The lesson I learn from this is...