V’Zot HaBerachah, VeZot Haberakha, or Zos Habrocho (וזאת הברכה — Hebrew for "and this is the blessing," the first words in the parshah) is the 54th and last weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the 11th in the book of Deuteronomy. It constitutes Deuteronomy 33:1–34:12. Jews generally read it in September or October on the Simchat Torah festival. Immediately after reading parshah V’Zot HaBerachah, Jews also read the beginning of the Torah, Genesis 1:1–2:3 (the beginning of parshah Bereishit), as the second Torah reading for Simchat Torah.
אֵשׁ דָּת The last portion of the Torah includes one of its more esoteric phrases -"eish da'at, the fiery law." (Deuteronomy 33:2) The Midrash concludes that this phrase is a description of the Torah. In its words: "eish shahor al gabei eish lavan." The Torah is written "black fire on white fire." (M ...
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