23 Tishrei 5782
September 29, 2021

Simchat Torah
“Rejoicing in the Torah”

Parashat V’zot HaB’rachah
“This is the blessing” 

Here are the Torah, Haftarah and suggested Brit Chadasha (New Testament) readings for V’zot HaB’rachah.

• Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12
• Joshua 1:1-18 (A)
• Joshua 1:1-9 (S)
• Revelation 21:9-22:5
• Psalm 12

The words of Adonai are pure words—like silver refined in an earthly crucible, purified seven times. You will keep us safe, Adonai. You will protect us from this generation forever.
(Psalms 12:7-8 TLV)

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

1. Deuteronomy 33:1
2. Deuteronomy 33:8
3. Deuteronomy 33:13
4. Deuteronomy 33:18
5. Deuteronomy 33:22
6. Deuteronomy 33:27
7. Deuteronomy 34:1

Maftir: Numbers 29:35-30:1

In V’zot HaB’rachah

The Key People are Moshe (Moses), blessing the twelve tribes, and Y’hoshua (Joshua).

The Scene is the the climb from the plains of Mo’av (Moab) up to Har N’vo (Mt. Nebo) in the Pisgah mountain range east of Y’recho (Jericho), viewing all of the Promised Land.

The Main Events include Moshe blessing each tribe, then climbing Mt. Nebo to view the Promised Land; Moshe’s death at age 120, burial in Mo’av by the LORD; Israelites morning for 30 days; Y’hoshua filled with the spirit of wisdom, ordained to leadership; and a tribute to Moshe as the only prophet who God spoke with face-to-face.

Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. Adonai showed him all the land—Gilead to Dan, and all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the western sea, the Negev and the plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar. Then Adonai said to him, “This is the land that I swore to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob saying, ‘I will give it to your seed.’ I let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross over there.”
(Deuteronomy 34:1-4 TLV)

The Haftarah

Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. Adonai showed him all the land—Gilead to Dan, and all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the western sea, the Negev and the plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar. Then Adonai said to him, “This is the land that I swore to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob saying, ‘I will give it to your seed.’ I let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross over there.”
(Deuteronomy 34:1-4 TLV))

The Brit Chadasha

As it is written, “For this reason I will give You praise among the Gentiles, and I will sing to Your name.” And Then came one of the seven angels holding the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues, and he spoke with me, saying, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” Then he carried me away in the Ruach to a great and high mountain, and he showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, having the glory of God—her radiance like a most precious stone, like a jasper, sparkling like crystal.
(Revelation 21:9-11 TLV)

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. Scripture taken from the Tree of Life Version (TLV) © 2015 by the Messianic Jewish Family Bible Society. Used by permission of the Messianic Jewish Family Bible Society.