Eikev, Ekev, Ekeb, or Eqeb, עקב, is this week’s portion. It’s Deuteronomy 7:11 – 11:25. Ekev carries the simple meaning of “if”. This section of Torah has Moshe retelling the story of the sin of the Golden Calf with the repercussion and consequences for making an idol. Throughout the portion it also contains blessings with the pattern, “If … then”. The mitzvot (commandments) and following them are the condition that fulfills the requirement so the Most High can bless those guarding and keeping the mitzot. Rashi interprets ekev as “heel” If you do the mitzvot instead of trampling on them with your heel, then the blessings come. Either way pashat (simple) or midrashic (homeletic or teaching story) we encounter the wisdom and life reaped when the mitzvot are heard, obeyed, kept, guarded, and done. The Hebrew phrase for this attitude and behavior that follows is shomer (hear, guard, [...]
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Eikev, Ekev, Ekeb, or Eqeb (עקב — Hebrew for “if [you follow],” the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parshah) is the 46th weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the third in the book of Deuteronomy. It comprises Deuteronomy 7:12–11:25. Jews in the D ...
And if you do obey these rules and observe them carefully, the Lord your God will maintain faithfully for you the covenant that He made on oath with your fathers: 13 He will favor you and bless you and multiply you; He will bless the issue of your womb and the produce of your soil, your new grain and wine and oil, the calving of your herd and the l ...
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