PARSHAS NETZOVIM
Can you figure out what each picture has to do with the parsha?
Rabbi Dani Staum
Parshas Netzovim – Parsha Pix Key
Atomic bomb – The Torans warns of the devastation we will suffer if we are nonchalant about serving Hashem – 29:22
Water carrier – The parsha begins that the entire nation is gathered today from the water carrier until the wood chopper – 29:10
Wood chopper – 29:10
Boat at sea – This mitzvah (some opinions are that this refers to Torah generally, others say it is a reference to teshuva) is close to you today. It is not beyond the sea that one needs to cross to get it – 30:13
Ladder to the sky – This mitzvah is also not in the heavens that you need a ladder to ascend to the sky to achieve it – 30:12
Teshuva – The Torah guarantees that Klal Yisroel will do teshuva and return to Hashem – 30:2
Always choose life – 30:19 (Must you tell someone to choose ice cream over poison? Why does the Torah need to tell us to choose life? Because the yetzer hara makes sin and spiritual death look very glamorous and enticing. Therefore, the Torah reminds us not to be fooled by the yester hara’s tricks. Always choose the Torah way; choose life!)
Last Generation – The Torah states that later generations will recognize that suffering came about because the nation violated its covenant with Hashem – 29:21
The road home – No matter how far we have drifted, we can always repent and return to Hashem and the path of Torah 30:3-4
