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Parashat Nitzavim-Vayeilech

Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20, 31:1-30 Rabbi Amy L. Morrison & Joyce Liu #tbestpete

September 4, 2026

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A Special Message from

Rabbi Amy L. Morrison

As we approach S’lichot, S’lichot, Parshat Nitzavim-Vayeilech offers us a powerful invitation: to stand together at the threshold of change.

“Not with you alone am I making this covenant,” Moses tells the Israelites, but with everyone who is standing here today, and those who are not yet here. Our tradition imagines Jewish life as something we enter again and again, through choice, relationship, and community. The Torah is not distant or inaccessible, Moses reminds us. “It is very near to you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, to do it.”

That nearness feels especially meaningful as we prepare for S’lichot.

S’lichot.

Tomorrow night, we will change our Torah mantels to white, transforming our sanctuary as a visible sign that the season is changing. changing. We will also watch a film, “Ethan Bloom” which is a coming-of-age film about choosing Judaism, a story that reminds us that becoming who we are is rarely a single moment.

It is a process of asking, choosing, belonging, belonging, and choosing again.

Perhaps that is our work this Shabbat. Before the High Holidays begin, pause at the threshold. Notice what you are carrying. Ask what you want to release, what you want to repair, and what you want to choose more intentionally. Come to S’lichot ready not to become someone new, but to become more fully the person and community you are called to be.

Torah Portion

Parashat Nitzavim-Vayeilech Deuteronomy: 29:9-30:20, 31:1-30 Saturday, September 5, 2026/23 Elul 5786 Moses Moses tells tells the the assembled assembled people people that that God's God's covenant covenant speaks speaks to to them them and and to to all all of of the the generations generations who who will will follow. follow. (29:9–14) (29:9–14) God God warns warns the the Israelites Israelites that that they they will will be be punished punished ifif they they act act idolatrously, nat idolatrously, the the way way the the inhabitants inhabitants of of the the other other nations nations ions do. do. (29:15–28) (29:15–28) M Moses oses reassures the people that God will not forsake them and tthat Moses reassures the people that God will not forsake them and that hat they they can attain blessings by following God's commandments.

(30:1–20) can attain blessings by following God's commandments. (30:1–20) Moses pe Moses prepares prepares the the people people ople for for his his death death and and announces announces that that Joshua Joshua will will succeed succeed him. him. (31:1–8) (31:1–8) Moses Moses instructs instructs the the priests priests and and the the elders elders regarding regarding the the importance importance of of reading reading the the Torah.

Torah. (31:9–13) (31:9–13) God God informs informs Moses Moses that that upon upon his his death, death, the the people people will will commit commit idolatry idolatry and and "many "many evils evils and and troubles troubles shall shall befall befall them." them." God God tells tells Moses Moses to to teach the people a poem that will "be My witness."

(31:14–30) teach the people a poem that will "be My witness." (31:14–30)