Devarim - דברים : "Words"
Torah : Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22
Haftarah : Isaiah 1:1-27
Gospel : Acts 1-2

Thought for the Week:

A person should immerse himself daily in the love of God, reminding himself that he is beloved. There is nothing "able to separate us from the love of God" (Romans 8:39), the Apostle Paul tells us. Just as a loving father cannot help but love his child, so too God loves you as His own precious child. "See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are" (1 John 3:1). "We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love" (1 John 4:16). To know God is to bask in His love.

Commentary:

Because the LORD hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us. (Deuteronomy 1:27)

When the Israelites originally heard the bad report from the ten spies, they despaired of conquering Canaan. They felt that God was leading them into a death trap. "God hates us," they said. "He brought us out of Egypt simply to have the Amorites kill us." Why did the Israelites assume that God hated them? Rashi cites a rabbinic proverb to explain the psychology:

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