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Every Friday morning the site composes the week's message: the parashah, times for Paris, Marseille and Geneva, one thread, one lesson — the haftarah actually read before being quoted. Copy it, send it.
🕯️ Shabbat Nitzavim-Vayelech · נצבים-וילך
📅 21 Elul 5786 · September 4-5
🌇 Candle lighting · ✨ Havdalah
📍 Paris 8:08 PM · 9:13 PM
📍 Marseille 7:50 PM · 8:50 PM
📍 Geneva 7:50 PM · 8:52 PM
📖 Devarim 29:9 – 31:30
Moshe gathers the whole people for the covenant: tribal leaders, elders — down to the water drawer and the woodcutter.
No one is set aside. The covenant only holds if it includes everyone, with no exception for rank.
💡 You don't make half a covenant — everyone counts, or no one does.
It's the eve of Rosh Hashanah: the moment when we rise together, not each one on their own.
The haftarah says it with a tender image: Jerusalem will never again be called "forsaken," she will be like a bride whom God no longer leaves. A whole union, with nothing left out.
📚 Today's learning: mamash-ia.com/en/daily
💬 A question? mamash-ia.com/en/question
Shabbat shalom! ✨
The GIF to go with it
Three to choose from — they change every Friday. The button sends the message AND the GIF together: on a phone via the share sheet, on a computer by copying the text and downloading the GIF.
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