We have now come to the point in the holiday of Sukkot known as Simchat Torah - Rejoicing in the Torah. It is also the time of year in which we read the final two chapters of Devarim (Deuteronomy) in the Torah called Parshat Vezos HaBerakhah. Moshe blesses and dies and Joshua takes over the mantle of leadership. But there is more to it when it comes to comparing Moshe's final blessings to the 12 Tribes and Jacob's original blessings to his 12 sons, the fathers of those Tribes.
Parshat Naso is the longest single parsha in the Torah, clocking in at 176 verses. That’s Torah’s way of saying, “Hey, you might want to take a long , serious and contemplative look at what you’re about to learn.”
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