Blessed are You, YHVH our Elohim, King of the universe, who has made us set apart through His commandments and commanded us to actively study Torah. Please YHVH, our Elohim, sweeten the words of Your Torah in our mouths and in the mouths of all Your people Israel. May we and our offspring, and the offspring of Your people, the House of Israel, may we all, together, know Your Name and study Your Torah for the sake of fulfilling Your desire. Blessed are You, YHVH, Who teaches Torah to His people Israel. Blessed are You, YHVH our Elohim, King of the universe, Who chose us from all the nations and gave us the Torah. Blessed are You, YHVH, Giver of the Torah.
We conclude this week with the final portion
of parashat ‘’ve etchanan’’.
Moshe is urging us to do all we can to secure
our calling and election into the Promised Land.
Peter encourages us to do the same:
Confirm Your Calling and Election
2Pe
1:3 as His Mighty-like (supreme) power has given to us all we need for
life and reverence, through the knowledge of Him who called us to esteem and
uprightness.
2Pe
1:4 Through these there have been given to us exceedingly great and
precious promises, so that through these you might be partakers of the
Mighty-like nature, having escaped from the corruption in the world, caused by
lust.
2Pe
1:5 And for this reason do your utmost to add to your belief uprightness,(courage)
to uprightness knowledge,
2Pe
1:6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control endurance, to endurance
reverence,
2Pe 1:7 to reverence brotherly affection, and to brotherly affection love.