
Parashat Re'eh is the 47th parasha of the Torah and this year is read the week of August 6th through the 12th and on Shabbat of Av 25.
This will also be the last Shabbat where the monthly blessing is recited as we do NOT recite it in the month of Elul to make the approaching
holiday of Rosh HaShana, and maybe it is because Tishri has its own pomp and circumstance and majesty! Re'eh means See, as in the imperative, and it begins in Devarim 11:26 and goes to 16:17. It details a series of Torah commandments in advance of the tribes entering into Aretz HaKodesh and incudes instruction and obligation to destroy idolatry, the mitzvot of tithing and charity, then kashrut and the chagim. Finally it tells about the prohibition of offerings to HaShem that are outside of the place where HaShem will put His name, namely Yerushalayim. It is about 131 verses. And this year is partnered with the Haftarah of Isaiah 54:11 thru Isaiah 55:5. The haftarah of Re'eh is the third in the seven Haftarot of Consolation. Not directly tied to RE-EH, these 7 haftarot started the Shabbat after Av 9 and will take us thru RHS. We'll discuss some Hebrew, some deeper insights, the connection to the Messianic Age, Moshe, Yeshua, Sukkot and water! Please write to us any time at FootstepsOfTheMessiah@gmail.com!
Shabbat Shalom!