THE SYSTEM OF HALACHAH JEWISH LAW I - Morasha Syllabus

The SySTem of halachah – JewiSh law: i
joined together so that they portrayed various
forms of God’s Names. It could not be read as,
“and Moshe died there,” but rather as different
words according to Torah mysticism.
After Moshe’s death, Yehoshua wrote these letters
again in the manner that he was permitted. As
such, the two opinions do not contradict each
other, for in truth Moshe did write these words
and did not leave the Torah lacking even one
letter. Moshe could not write these last eight
verses in a revealed manner, however, so he wrote
them according to their mystical connotation.
This is what dema means (mixed). Yehoshua
wrote the words in their revealed form, as Rabbi
Yochanan stated. Both explanations complement
one another; in reality they were written by both
Moshe and Yehoshua. Moshe wrote them in their
mystical context, and Yehoshua wrote them in
their revealed form as it has been written for all
generations.
KeY TheMeS Of SeCTiOn vi.
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תולגל תושר ול ןתינש יפכ עשוהי םבתכ ותתימ רחאלו
ןבתכ תמאב יכ יגילפ אל תועידה ינש כ”או ,הרותה תא
ולא םיקוספ ’ח יכ קר ,תחא תוא וליפא רסח אלו השמ
םיפוריצה יפכ בתכו הלגנה תא בותכל לוכי היה אל
,י”ר תעדכו הלגנה יפכ ןבתכ עשוהיו ”עמדב“ והזו
י”ע ,םהינש י”ע ובתכנ יכ תחא העדל םימיכסמ םהינשו
איה רשאכ ,הלגנה עשוהי ידי לעו ,דוסהו רתסנה השמ
.רוד רודל ונידיב הבותכ
H The revelation of the Torah in aravot Moav constitutes the Book of devarim. This book differs in
style from the rest of the Torah due to a change in the nature of its revelation.
H whereas beforehand, God had spoken directly though Moshe’s mouth, here Moshe played a
greater personal role in the revelation by relating what God had told him earlier.
H The last eight verses of the Torah describing Moshe’s death were either written by Yehoshua or by
a weeping Moshe, or that Moshe wrote them with tears instead of ink. alternatively, Moshe wrote
these verses as one consecutive string of letters, and Yehoshua later separated them into words.
SeCTiOn vii. The propheTS
Tanach is an acronym for Torah, (Five Books of Moses) Nevi’im (Prophets), Ketuvim (Writings).
Together, they are the record of God’s communication with mankind. Even after Moshe’s death, God still
continued to communicate with mankind – but not with the same degree of intensity to which Moshe
had been privileged. Many prophets arose within the Jewish nation, people who had reached such a high
state of purity and character refinement that they could commune with God. But only a few of these
communications with the Creator are recorded in Nach – the acronym for Nevi’im and Ketuvim.