Va-etchanan 5782

This is Torah Talk for the week of August 7th, 2022

Deut. 4:41   Then Moses set aside three cities across [בעבר] the Jordan ⁴² to which a manslayer could escape.

 

Modern and medievals agree: these words are an appendix – but why is it here?

 

This week’s handout: 45 Va-etchanan 5782

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