Sefer Devarim - The Book of Deuteronomy
Book #5 Parsha #44

JPS 1912 English Translation
Torah: Deuteronomy 1:1 - 3:22
 Haftara:Isaiah 1:1-27
Rav Aryeh Kaplan's The Living Torah:
Chapter 1 • • Chapter 2 • • Chapter 3

OU/NCSY Israel Center Torah Tidbits
SEDRA STATS
44th of the 54 sedras - first of 11 in Devarim
5 parshiyot; 1 open, 4 closed
105 p'sukim - ranks 32nd (tied with Chaye Sara, but larger), 6th in Devarim
1548 words - ranks 26th, 6th in Devarim
5972 letters - ranks 24th (tied with Vayeshev, but smaller), 5th in Devarim
Jump in rankings from p'sukim to words & letters is a result of relatively long p'sukim
There are 2 of the 613 mitzvot, both prohibitions
The Book of Devarim
956 p'sukim, 14,293 words, 54,892 letters ranks 4th among the Five Books
Its sedras average out a bit longer than Vayikra's, even though the four shortest sedras are in Devarim
On average, Devarim's p'sukim are the longest of the Five Books
Contains 200 mitzvot (77 pos, 123 prohib)
Overview of the Sefer
  1. The Living Torah Devarim: Table of Contents
  2. Menachem Leibtag: Sefer Devarim (rev. from 55,56,57,58)
  3. Menachem Leibtag: Intro to Devarim - Part II
Parsha Breakdown
  1. Ve'etchanan
  2. Ekev
  3. Re'eh
  4. Shofetim
  5. Ki Tetzeh
  1. Ki Tavo
  2. Nitzavim
  3. Vayelekh
  4. Haazinu
  5. Vezot Ha-Berakha
  1. Chumash with Rashi by Rav Brovender
  2. Menachem Leibtag
    1. Questions
      1. Questions (Devarim) 5759
    2. Parsha
      1. Intro to Sefer Devarim (rev. from 55,56,57,58) - Part I
      2. Intro to Devarim - Part II: Difficult Psukim in Chapter One NEW!
      3. Devarim 5758
  3. Yeshivat Har Etzion
  4. Yitz Etshalom
  5. MJ-Ravtorah - Rav Yosef Dov Baer Soloveitchik Zt'l
  6. Nechama Leibowitz Gilyonot - JNF/KKL Devarim Warning: Some of these links may not work
    1. Devarim -Gilyon
    2. Devarim -Study Guide to Gilyon
    3. Devarim -Answers to Gilyon
  7. Nechama Leibowitz Gilyonot - Jewish Agency
    1. Gilyon - Devarim

    2. Devarim: Answers & Insights by R' M.Shpigelman
  8. Eitan Mayer
    1. Devarim 5759 (rev. 58, 57)
  9. Judaic Seminar
    1. v6n52 (Devarim) New
    2. v5n56 (update of v4n50)
    3. v4n50 (Devarim)
    4. v3n70 (Covenant Format)
    5. v3n68 (Devarim)
    6. v2n61 (Devarim)
    7. v2n60 (Devarim 1-4)
    8. v2n59 (Covenant Format)
  10. Bar Ilan Professors Devarim
    1. Two Topics in Parashat Devarim
      Dr. Yitzhak Zefati (1999)
    2. Who Wrote Deuteronomy?
      Dr. Shaul Regev (1998)
    3. The Uniqueness of Deuteronomy
      Rabbi Yaakov Charlap (1997)
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