This Week’s Torah Portion: R’eih – רְאֵה (Deuteronomy 11:26–16:17)
If, however, there is a needy person among you, …Rather, you must open your hand and lend him sufficient help for whatever he needs. (Deuteronomy 15:7-8)
The hardest part of helping a person in need is to provide them with sufficient help for their needs, it is the greatest level of Tzedakah when we are able to see the person in need, understand their needs, and provide them with enough to meet their needs, not what we consider as their needs, but their true needs.
Parsha R’eih Torah Summary:
God places both blessing and curse before the Israelites. They are taught that blessing will come through the observance of God’s laws. (11:26–32)
Moses’ third discourse includes laws about worship in a central place (12:1–28); injunctions against idolatry (12:29–13:19) and self-mutilation (14:1–2); dietary rules (14:3–21); and laws about tithes (14:22–25), debt remission (15:1–11), the release and treatment of Hebrew slaves (15:12–18), and firstlings (15:19–23).
Moses reviews the correct sacrifices to be offered during the Pilgrim Festivals—Pesach, Sukkot, and Shavuot. (16:1-17)
R’eih
God places both blessing and curse before the Israelites. They are taught that blessing will come through the observance of God’s laws. (11:26–32)
Moses’ third discourse includes laws about worship in a central place (12:1–28); injunctions against idolatry (12:29–13:19) and self-mutilation (14:1–2); dietary rules (14:3–21); and laws about tithes (14:22–25), debt remission (15:1–11), the release and treatment of Hebrew slaves (15:12–18), and firstlings (15:19–23).
Moses reviews the correct sacrifices to be offered during the Pilgrim Festivals—Pesach, Sukkot, and Shavuot. (16:1-17)
R’eih