Parashat Ha'Azinu

Let us begin our study of this sidra with Nahmanides' summary of the contents and significance of the Song that Moses taught the people:

This song constituting for us a true and faithful witness, plainly tells us all that will befall us, opening first by describing the kindness God bestowed on us since He chose us for His people, followed by a record of His bounty towards us in the wilderness, and how He disinherited mighty nations for us. Indeed, from an overabundance of good things, our rebellion against God is foretold -- how we would descend to worshipping idols. Then it is recorded ...more