Va'etchanan | ואתחנן | I pleaded
Torah Reading: Deuteronomy 3:23–7:11
In this Torah portion, Moses tells how God prohibited him from entering the Promised Land. Then Moses exhorts Israel to obey God’s commandments and recounts the setting up of the Cities of Refuge. After that, Moses recites the Ten Commandments and the Shema, and then gives instructions regarding the conquest of the Land.