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Zakhor
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Vezot ha-Berakha

The blessing of the tribes, the death of Moses, the cycle begins again.

Hebrew name
וְזֹאת הַבְּרָכָה
Book
Deuteronomy
Verses
Dt 33,1–34,12
Haftara
Jos 1,1–18

Moses blesses the tribes one last time, sees the land without entering it, and dies; "no one has ever known his burial place". The greatest prophet has no identifiable sepulcher — no place of worship possible around his person. The section is read at Simhat Torah, the day when the scroll is rewound and Bereshit is immediately begun again: the cycle never closes.

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