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#78: The Origin of Lies

#78: The Origin of Lies

Rashi on Parashat Ha'azinu, Devarim/Deuteronomy 32:5

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Gimme Some Torah #78

Unworthy children—
That crooked, perverse generation—
Their baseness has played God false.—
Devarim/Deuteronomy 32:5

Ha’azinu is a Biblical poem in which Moses rebukes the nation prior to his death. In Deut. 32:5, the meaning of the first three words, שִׁחֵ֥ת ל֛וֹ לֹ֖א בָּנָ֣יו מוּמ…

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