#20: A Dying Declaration
Rashi on Devarim/Deuteronomy 1:3
Gimme Some Torah #20
The Torah tells us that Moses began his final address to the nation on the first day of the eleventh month of the fortieth year since the Exodus. Why is the date given so exactly? Rashi’s answer is that we are meant to understand that Moses gave this speech shortly before his death, for we have it as an establi…
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