Parsha #47: Re'eh

JPS 1912 English Translation
Torah: Deuteronomy 11:26 - 16:17
Haftara:Isaiah 54:11 - 55:5

Rav Aryeh Kaplan's The Living Torah:
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OU/NCSY Israel Center Torah Tidbits
SEDRA STATS
47th of the Torah's 54 sedras; 4th of 11 in Devarim
Written on 259 lines in a Sefer Torah
20 Parshiyot; 5 open; 15 closed
126 p'sukim - ranks 13th tied with Lech L'cha. Re'eh is otherwise larger than Lech L'cha (208 lines, big diff.)
1932 words, 7442 letters - ranks 7th
Largest sedra in Devarim
Relatively long p'sukim (hence, jump in ranking), like most sedras in Devarim
Mitzvot
Re'eh contains 55 of the 613 mitzvot; 17 positive, 38 prohibitions (There are even more than the official 55) Only Ki Teitzei & Emor have more mitzvot


  1. Chumash with Rashi by Rav Chaim Brovender
  2. Menachem Leibtag
    1. Questions
      1. Questions (Re'eh) 5759
    2. Parsha
      1. Re'eh 5759 [revised]

  3. Yeshivat Har Etzion

  4. Yitz Etshalom

  5. MJ-Ravtorah - Rav Yosef Dov Baer Soloveitchik Zt'l

    Their website has not been updated since parshat Devarim
  6. Nechama Leibowitz Gilyonot - JNF/KKL Home Page
    Devarim Warning: Some of these links may not work
    1. Re'eh -Gilyon
    2. Re'eh -Answers to Gilyon

  7. Nechama Leibowitz Gilyonot - Jewish Agency
    1. Gilyon - Re'eh

    2. Re'eh: "Answers & Insights" by R' M.Shpigelman

  8. Eitan Mayer
    1. Re'eh 5758

  9. Judaic Seminar
    1. v5n60 (Re'eh, pt. 2)
    2. v5n59 (Re'eh)
    3. v3n71 (Re'eh)
    4. v2n66 (Re'eh)
    5. v2n65 (Re'eh)

  10. Bar Ilan Professors Re'eh
    1. The Dukhifat or Hoopoe
      Yaron Seri (1999) 9.2
    2. "The site that the Lord your G-d will choose"
      Menahem Ben Yashar (1998) 8.8
    3. The Punishment of the Subversive City
      Dr. Israel Zvi Gilat (1997) 14.2

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