 Parashat Devarim
The top portion of the ParshaPix consists of a speak-bubble, because the Book of D'varim consists of Moshe Rabeinu's speaking to the new generation, now poised at the borders of the Land of Israel. The bubble contains an image of the story of the wandering of the People, from Egypt until the borders of the soon-to-be-entered Land of Israel. It also contains a VICTORY sign, which stands for the battles that the People faced during their wanderings. (Interesting, is it not, that the American Peace movement took the sign for victory at war as their symbol of peace.) And, of course, it contains a Torah, to remind us that the major part of Moshe's address to the people deals with Torah, mitzvot, explanations & instructions. On the left-hand side is a judge's gavel between two negation circles, reminding us that our choice of judges whom we appoint for ourselves should not be chosen based on wealth nor on threat of violence. The set of arrows with the Do Not Enter signs, bottom right, stands for our attempt to go through certain territory as we approached the Jordan River. We promised to stay on the straight path and not to veer neither to the left nor the right. Studying this graphic can lead to a discusson of the peaceful approach and the different experiences we had with different nations. The bull and donkey with the mortarboards remind us of the second pasuk of the Haftara. The animals are "smart" enough to know who their masters are, but we seem to have had problems in that regard. The big ear and little ear is a former PPP piece referring to the impartiality of judges and their requirement to hear the great and the small equally. The bear is for the two DI-BEARs and the BEI'EIR at the beginning of the sedra. [The ParshaPix Index][The Devarim Homepage]
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