Vayelekh (He Went) D’Varim (Deuteronomy) 31:1-30

Torah PortionVayelekh (He Went) D’Varim (Deuteronomy) 31:1-30

Haftorah Reading Hosea 14:1-10, Micah 7:18-20, Joel 2:15-27

Tonight, our Torah reading covers only one chapter in D’Varim. In Judaism this Shabbat is known as Shabbat Shuva because it is the last Shabbat before Yom Kippur. The word shuva means repentance. This time of year calls us to remember, to think back over our life, over the last year and set right anything that stands between us and the Father or anything between us and another person. According to the Jewish faith, on Yom Kippur the book is closed. In the Messianic scriptures we see the same thought in Revelations 20:15. I would pray for all of us to use this time in G-d’s calendar to take a spiritual inventory and set right those things that need our attention.