Parshas Nitzavim-Vayeilech:  Know What to Ask For on Yom HaDin

Parshas Nitzavim-Vayeilech:  Know What to Ask For on Yom HaDin

Somebody did a big avlah to the Brisker Rav. The Brisker Rav was upset. This fellow considered himself the Brisker Rav’s talmid. My rebbi told me, “My father, the Brisker Rav, sent him a message: ‘I won’t have a shaychus to you from now on, not in this world and not in the next world.’” When I heard that, somehow, for some reason, it struck a chord, and I realized that what I have with my rebbi is not just while I’m with him in his house or sitting by his shiurim…You’re with them in the next world.

Nitzavim-Vayeilech 5783: Preparing for R”H & Feeling the Shabbos

Nitzavim-Vayeilech 5783: Preparing for R”H & Feeling the Shabbos

Our parshah begins with the following words “You stand this day, all of you, before Hashem – your tribal heads, your elders and your officials, all the men of Israel.” A few pesukim later, Rashi brings a Midrash Tanchuma which explains the connection between Parshas Nitzavim and KiSavo, which had the curses. What is the connection between the curses…and the statement of “You stand this day”?

Nitzavim 5782 – Rosh Hashanah: Using Fear to Get Close to Hashem

Nitzavim 5782 – Rosh Hashanah: Using Fear to Get Close to Hashem

In this week’s parshah Moshe Rabeinu is on the last day of his life and he calls Klal Yisrael together and says אתם נצבים היום – you stand this day (Devarim 29:9). Rashi says מלמד, this teaches us, שכנסם משה לפני הקב”ה ביום מותו להכניסם בברית – that Moshe assembled them in the presence of Hashem on the day of his death in order to initiate them into a covenant with Him.