Re'eh

Re'eh, Reeh, R'eih, or Ree is the 47th <a href="/facts/Weekly_Torah_portion/wwQe1gG8">weekly Torah portion</a> (פָּרָשָׁה‎, parashah) in the annual <a href="/facts/Judaism/tjQ5Tgs6">Jewish</a> cycle of <a href="/facts/Torah_reading/Wn1XfA3z">Torah reading</a> and the fourth in the <a href="/facts/Book_of_Deuteronomy/z2DwjhJp">Book of Deuteronomy</a>. It comprises Deuteronomy 11:26–16:17. In the parashah, <a href="/facts/Moses/D0pp5HMQ">Moses</a> set before the <a href="/facts/Israelites/wohGkSzL">Israelites</a> the choice between <a href="/facts/Blessing/zoeryjF0">blessings</a> and curses. Moses instructed the Israelites in <a href="/facts/Law/luzxWkg0">laws</a> that they were to observe, including the law of a single centralized place of worship. Moses warned against following other gods and their <a href="/facts/Prophet/SHXDfAAj">prophets</a> and set forth the laws of <a href="/facts/Kashrut/vA7yLY7x">kashrut</a>, <a href="/facts/Tithe/K1cNtpDy">tithes</a>, the <a href="/facts/Shmita/L7JvTMXL">Sabbatical year</a>, the Hebrew slave redemption, firstborn animals, and the <a href="/facts/Three_Pilgrimage_Festivals/0F6adh3L">Three Pilgrimage Festivals</a>.
The parashah is the longest weekly Torah portion in the Book of Deuteronomy (although not in the Torah), and is made up of 7,442 Hebrew letters, 1,932 Hebrew words, 126 <a href="/facts/Chapters_and_verses_of_the_Bible/m6Nb0vS0">verses</a>, and 258 lines in a <a href="/facts/Torah_scroll/d8ScyarP">Torah scroll</a>. <a href="/facts/Rabbinic_Judaism/fKVSb6Pu">Rabbinic Jews</a> generally read it in August or early September. Jews read part of the parashah, Deuteronomy 15:19–16:17, which addresses the Three Pilgrim Festivals, as the initial Torah reading on the eighth day of <a href="/facts/Passover/klu4sC0g">Passover</a> when it falls on a weekday and on the second day of <a href="/facts/Shavuot/cbVCBNWU">Shavuot</a> when it falls on a weekday. Jews read a more extensive selection from the same part of the parashah, Deuteronomy 14:22–16:17, as the initial Torah reading on the eighth day of Passover when it falls on <a href="/facts/Shabbat/pp5wb0JM">Shabbat</a>, on the second day of <a href="/facts/Shavuot/cbVCBNWU">Shavuot</a> when it falls on Shabbat, and on <a href="/facts/Shemini_Atzeret/3EKEnBP8">Shemini Atzeret</a>.

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