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Parashat Vezot Haberakhah

(And This Is The Blessing)

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Torah Reading

Deuteronomy 33:1 - 34:12

Haftarah

Joshua 1:1 - 1:18

In this Torah portion, Moses gives the tribes of Israel a final blessing and dies at the age of 120. The Children of Israel mourn and begin to follow Joshua, their new leader.

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