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Parshat Va’etchanan is a continuation of Moshe relating the highlights – and low points – of the Jewish people’s journey through the desert over the 40 years. He opens by relating the 515 prayers that he said in order to be granted entry into the Holy Land, to no avail. Hashem had decreed that he would not be able to enter the land but instead appoint Yehoshua as his successor.

Moshe reminds the nation how they must be very careful to remove all vestige of idol worship from the holy land and certainly not manufacture nor own any forms that may be associated with idol worship. We are also introduced to the concept of not adding or subtracting from Mitzvot.

When Jewish people keep to the Torah and perform its Mitzvot the nations of the