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What name does the torah give to devarim
Mishneh torah
What does that mean in english (mishna torah)
Doubling of the law
What do we learn from the pasuk that says “mishneh torah”
That a king should write a review of the torah
What can we tell is the point of the parsha from that pasuk
Reviews the mitzvot and events in the desert
Everything the king needs to know
Find two explanations that the ramban gives for the purpose of sefer devarim
To explain most of the mitzvot the jews need to know in israel
So they can learn from their mistakes and not make them again
Whose perspective is the beginning of the torah until sefer devarim
Third
What about from pasuk vav and on
Moshes perspective so -first person
According to rashi and ramban, what do the words ho’eel moshe mean
Rashi - Moshe started
Ramban - it was moshe’s decision to write the sefer
What halacha is taught in mesechet megillah
Keep curses
Source - if you pause it is like you are rebuking god
What set of curses does the above halacha apply to
Vayikra - moshe was told by god to give curses
Abarbenels introduction - who said sefer devarim
Moshe
Who wrote sefer devarim
Moshe wrote it but god dictated it
How does the abarbenel prove that the torah sometimes uses first person speech in devarim
Moshe says - who am I to paroh
Moshe says”they wont believe me”
What can you tell from the fact that sefer devarim is not entirely the second person
That it is the same as other books
What can we learn about the gemara in megilah
That the gemara went out of its way to say moshe “said” the curses but dint write them because it wanted to make sure we knew that god was the real writer of the torah
What are smuchim
The concept that two mitzvot are next to each other in the torah, and therefor related to each other (only applies to devarim)
What smuchim does rav yehuda use
A. Don’t marry your step mom, don’t reveal your fathers cloak
B. Don’t sleep with any women your father slept with
What explanation does the raavan give for rav yehudas opinion
In devarim moshe complied the mitzvot in a specific order
How does rav solevechik explain the mitzva for a king to need to write a torah
The king only needs to write devarim
According to this, what ias the true essence of sefer devarim
Devarim isnt a review, it is an explanation
How is devarim written in both bal pe and bichtav
Details of prior mitzvot are explained,
speech 1
Spies, new judes
You know how you got here, and what to do
speech 2
Har sini
Choosing our nation
speech 3
All the bad stuff,
Spies, mon, calf
Trust god, if you screw up he will punish you
