Weekly Torah Portion

Reading the Torah scroll at the Western (Wailing) Wall

וָאֶתְחַנַּן  Va'etchanan

Deuteronomy 3:23–7:11; Isaiah 40:1–26; John 10:1–42

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Because this Shabbat follows the fast day on the 9th of Av (Tisha B’Av) when the First and Second Temples were destroyed, this week’s Torah Portion has a special name: …

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