Shabbat Shalom from the OU!
Shabbat Parshat Va'etchanan - Shabbat Nachamu
13 Av 5764 - July 30-31, 2004
Haftarah - Yeshayahu 40:1-26

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This Shabbat:
Shabbat Nachamu

Special Day this Week:
Tu B'Av is celebrated on Monday, August 2.

Thought of the Week
It is greater to understand something than to know everything.
- From A Candle by Day by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

Trivia Question
Q. Aside from the famous SHAMOR substitution for ZACHOR in the Va'etchanan version of the 10 Commandments, in contrast to  Yitro's, what letter is added several times in this second version of the Big Ten, to what word? (and how many of them?)
And what phrase is added twice?

Last Week's Question
Q. Who are the three plaintive questioners?
A. EICHA is a plaintive HOW?
The three prophets who used EICHA are Moshe Rabeinu (in
D'varim), Yeshayahu (in the haftara of CHAZON), and Yirmiyahu in
the book of Eicha.

* From the VaYavinu BaMiqra CD. You will need RealPlayer to hear this selection. You can download and install it FREE here.

** From the album "Shalsheles 3," available at all Jewish bookstores.

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