The Parshah of Vayelech (“
and he went”) recounts the events of Moses’ last day of earthly life. “I am one hundred and twenty years old
today,” he says to the people, “and
I can no longer go forth and come in.” He transfers the leadership to Joshua, and writes (or concludes writing) the Torah in a scroll which he entrusts to the Levites for safekeeping
in the Ark of the Covenant.
The mitzvah of hak’hel(“
gather”) is given: every seven years, during the festival of Sukkot of the first year of the
shemittah cycle, the entire people of Israel—men, women and children—should gather at the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, where the
king should read to them from the Torah.
Vayelech concludes with the prediction that the people of Israel will turn away from their covenant with G‑d, causing Him to
hide His face from them, but also with the promise that the words of the Torah “
shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their
descendants.”
On behalf of the Aliya family, we would like to wish a hearty Mazal tov to our dear friend and longtime Aliya member
a Mendy Boaron and his wife Miriam on the birth of their baby boy this past Friday. The bris will be tomorrow at the Bris House 455 crown St at 1pm.
