Parashat Nitsavim
“You Are Standing”

28 Elul 5782
September 24, 2022

Torah Reading

• Deuteronomy 29:9(10)-30:20
Today you are standing, all of you, before Adonai your God…
(Deuteronomy 29:9 CJB)

Haftarah Reading

• Isaiah 61:10-63:9

New Testament Reading

• John 15:1-11

Suggested Psalm

• Psalm 81
[For the Leader. On the gittit. By Asaf:]
Sing for joy to God our strength!
Shout to the God of Ya`akov!
Start the music! Beat the drum!
Play the sweet lyre and the lute!
Sound the shofar at Rosh-Hodesh
and at full moon for the pilgrim feast,
because this is a law for Isra’el,
a ruling of the God of Ya`akov.
(Psalm 81:1-4 CJB)

Aliyot

The seven aliyot readings from the Torah begin at these verses:

1. Deuteronomy 29:9(10)
2. Deuteronomy 29:12(13)
3. Deuteronomy 29:15(16)
4. Deuteronomy 30:1
5. Deuteronomy 30:7
6. Deuteronomy 30:11
7. Deuteronomy 30:15

Maftir: Deuteronomy 30:18

Meditation

Bearing fruit brings glory to God (John 15:8). It requires obedience and prayer to remain connected to the vine (John 15:7,10). The love which unites the Father and Son alsu unites us with the vine. Yeshua concludes, “I have said this to you so that my joy may be in you, and your joy be complete” (John 15:11).
– from Walk Deuteronomy! by Jeffrey Enoch Feinberg, Ph.D., used by permission.

Torah Portion readings and the associated Haftarah readings generally follow the Stone Edition Chumash and/or the Complete Jewish Bible. Verse numbering generally follows the Hebrew tradition, and where modern Christian traditions differ those verse numbers are shown in parentheses (). Haftarah readings generally follow the Ashkenazi tradition. Where the Sephardic tradition differs, the Haftarah portions are designated as (A) and (S). Suggested New Testament readings are taken from various sources. Suggested Psalm readings are from the Messianic Siddur for Shabbat by Daniel Perek. The Key People, The Scenes, and The Main Events are taken from the Walk! series of Messianic Devotion Commentaries by Dr. Jeffrey Enoch Feinberg. Unless otherwise marked, Scripture quotations are taken from the Complete Jewish Bible, Copyright © 1998 and 2016 by David H. Stern. Used by permission. All copyrights reserved worldwide.

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