R. David Kasher on Parashat Nitzavim-Vayelekh: The Poetry of Torah, Part 1
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In Parashat Nitzavim Moshe’s grand oratory comes to a close, and in Parashat VaYelekh he turns to the process of writing the Torah down. The parashah records two distinct acts of writing, in two very different styles: a book and a poem.
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