In this week's portion we connect with the Moshe who needs a few final touches on his magnum opus - 

Getting Israel to its Land

 

After his magnum opus -

The Torah and the Almighty

  

We always read the portion AFTER ROSH HASHONO - but

the High Holidays are in the MIDDLE!

  

  Things feel  for us just  -  up in the air   -hanging  - Until after Yom Kippur!

 

And Moshe Rabaynu doesn t sound so peppery in the portion either - with

 

worries about the people maybe letting go of the Almighty in the future- and he needs to warn them  - us - 

 

And then he teaches about the ANTIDOTE to LACKADAISICAL CONNECTION TO G-D - 

 

and the answer for FOREVER -

 

Moshe Rabaynu - the greatest teacher in history teaches:

 

The Song of the Torah! A song he teaches (sings? right off the page if you listen closely)

 

To All The People (and we will read the whole song next Shabbat)

 

And we ARE beginning a New Year with a SONG - to lift us up ...

 

and we are still in the High Holidays - 

 

AND DON'T FORGET TO BLESS EACH OTHER WITH A "CHATIMA TOVA" THRU ... 

 

Well - forever we must Bless Each Other! And Sing About It

 

Shabbat Shalom

 

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz