Square with the House

15 Av 5782-Aug. 13, 2022

Deuteronomy/Devarim 3:29 and 4:1

Moses recounts how Joshua received his commission as the people’s new leader atop Mt. Pisgah. While this was happening at the summit of the mountain, the people were stationed down below in the Valley of Pe’or. This valley is infamous because of what happened there at the end of Parashat Balak, when tribal leaders engaged in sexual apostasy…