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Looking for a Dvar Torah on Parshas Devarim? This permanent library brings together the Torah For The Table selections for Parshas Devarim from every available year, including quick vorts, material for children and families, stories, printable Torah sheets and longer pieces for deeper learning. Choose an individual selection below to read more about it before opening or printing the PDF.
The Torah For The Table archive currently includes 18 selections for Parshas Devarim across 1 Jewish year. Use the year collections below to browse earlier material, or choose an individual Dvar Torah to preview and print.
Quick Torah thoughts that can be shared at the Shabbos table.
Moshe opens by naming places — Tofel, Lavan, Chatzeiros — rather than sins. Rashi explains these are veiled references to the failures that happened there. Real rebuke is given so gently that only the one who needs it hears it.
Rashi, Devarim 1:1
"Eichah esa levadi" — how can I carry you alone? The same word opens Megillas Eichah. Leadership burnout and national mourning share a root: the moment people stop carrying each other.
Devarim 1:12; Midrash Eichah Rabbah
Moshe instructs the judges to hear "the small as the great." A dispute over a penny must be treated with the same seriousness as one over a fortune — because to the litigant, it is never small.
Rashi, Devarim 1:17
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Adults · Essays · 2 pages · 5786
This essay explores Moshe Rabbeinu's blessing to the Jewish people in Parshas Devarim, examining why the blessing appears amid tochacha (rebuke) and what Moshe meant by saying 'this blessing is from me.' Drawing on the Midrash, the Tiferet Shlomo, and the Arizal's teachings about the thousand spiritual lights lost at the Golden Calf, the piece explains that Moshe was returning spiritual attainments that had passed to him after the nation's sin, while Hashem's own blessing remained limitless.
Adults · Short Vorts · 2 pages · 5786
This issue of The Weekly Dvar opens with two essays on Parshas Devarim—one on Shabbos Chazon (envisioning the third Bais Hamikdash) and one on Moshe Rabbeinu's faithful transmission of Hashem's will. It then includes a Tidbits section with brief divrei Torah on chinuch and seeing the positive, a scenario discussion on bitachon during uncertain times, a riddle, and a detailed halacha guide for Erev Shabbos through Motzaei Shabbos when Tisha B'Av falls on Sunday.
Children · Stories · 2 pages · 5786
This document presents Parshas Devarim content in two parts: a visual comic-style narrative showing Moshe's gentle rebuke of the Jewish people before entering the Land of Israel, followed by a Q&A section with 20 questions and answers about the parsha based on Rashi's commentary.
Adults · Essays · 2 pages · 5786
This publication contains two separate Torah essays for Parshas Matos-Masei. The first essay explores gematria connections between the Three Weeks period and redemption, showing how the 528 hours correspond to the 528 chapters of Mishnayos. The second essay discusses the halachic considerations for when Parshas Matos and Masei are read together versus separately, focusing on their relationship to the timing of Tisha B'Av and Rosh Hashana.
Adults · Essays · 16 pages · 5786
A collection of three distinct essays delivered by HaRav Yisroel Brog on Parshas Devarim. The first essay explores the imperative to fear Hashem and extends this to fearing talmidei chachamim, illustrated through stories of the Tumim, Beis HaLevi, and Rav Chaim. The second essay examines when hishtadlus (effort) is appropriate versus when bitachon (trust in God) alone suffices, comparing the approaches of Chizkiyahu and Yoshiyahu. The third essay discusses the balance between hishtadlus and tefillah (prayer) in earning parnassah (livelihood), emphasizing that actions create vessels for divine blessing.
Adults · Essays · 2 pages · 5786
A weekly Torah publication that combines multiple forms of content: a lead essay on the mourning period leading to Tisha B'Av, including the concept of the spiritual Beis HaMikdash being destroyed anew each generation; a halacha series on the laws of the Nine Days; multiple Torah insights and vorts on the weekly parsha; and a story about the Yismach Moshe finding comfort in understanding why each generation experiences the destruction of the Temple. The publication also includes divrei Torah from various sources and practical applications.
Families · Short Vorts · 4 pages · 5786
This edition of Torah Sweets contains multiple independent Torah insights and stories tied to Parshas Devarim and the Haftarah for Tisha B'Av. Pieces include a Haftarah teaching on ingratitude and the destruction of Sodom, a narrative about complaining and perspective, teachings on courage and rebuke, a story about the Lubavitcher Rebbe and stolen tefillin, halachic discussions on Siyum meals during the Nine Days, marriage advice, and essays on accepting suffering and avoiding grudges.
Adults · Essays · 2 pages · 5786
This issue of Zera Shimshon contains two short Torah insights (vorts) and one personal story of salvation. The first vort explains why the Torah says 'Hashem heard the sound of your words' rather than just 'your words,' connecting it to verses in Iyov about deliberate versus emotional speech. The second vort discusses a verse from Megillat Eichah about the difference between the written and read forms of 'we shall return,' relating it to the five missing elements of the Second Temple. A testimonial follows about a housing crisis resolved through studying Zera Shimshon.
Adults · Essays · 2 pages · 5786
This essay explores the halachic requirement for kohanim to remain sober in anticipation of Mashiach's arrival and the immediate rebuilding of the Beis HaMikdash. It discusses Tosafos's question about tumah and presents Rav Yechiel Avraham Blankman's answer based on the Imrei Emes, distinguishing between inaugurating a new Beis HaMikdash versus continuing existing avodah, and explains why the Third Beis HaMikdash descending complete from Heaven will not require a new inauguration.
Adults · Essays · 23 pages · 5786
This publication, Torah Wellsprings (Devarim - T''B), is a collection of short, independent Torah insights on themes related to Tisha b'Av and the Churban. It includes multiple brief vorts exploring topics such as Hashem's enduring love during the Churban, Shabbos Chazon, escaping the yetzer hara, sinas chinam, the obligation to mourn, building Yerushalayim with tears, and davening for Mashiach.
Children · Stories · 2 pages · 5786
A story for children about two boys reading a silly magazine on Shabbos instead of learning Torah. Their father teaches them that Jews should be proud of Torah and mitzvos, not trivial worldly pursuits, and that celebrating nonsense instead of Torah makes Hashem 'cry'—the theme of Tisha B'Av.
Adults · Essays · 24 pages · 5786
This essay, titled 'Exile and Happiness,' explores the lessons of the forty years Bnei Yisroel spent in the Midbar, where they lacked luxuries but had all necessities. It teaches that true happiness comes from appreciating basic gifts—walking, eating, breathing, seeing, drinking water, having a home, and being alive—rather than pursuing superfluous pleasures. The pursuit of excess led to exile (mibli daas), and the remedy is cultivating gratitude for Hashem's simple, constant kindnesses.
Families · Essays · 2 pages · 5786
This essay on Parshas Devarim explores the shift in language from "Bnei Yisrael" (children of Israel) to "kol Yisrael" (all of Israel), explaining how Moshe's rebuke at the opening of Sefer Devarim addressed the nation not merely as a family sharing ancestry but as a unified people with collective responsibility. The piece ties this theme to the period before Tisha B'Av, emphasizing that true nationhood requires accepting responsibility for shared past, failures, and future.
Children · Stories · 4 pages · 5786
Pirchei Weekly is a Mixed Magazine featuring Torah insights, biographical sketches of gedolim, halachic guidance, and an illustrated story. This issue includes a Torah essay on loneliness in leadership, a yahrtzeit section honoring R' Chaim Ozer Grodzinski and the Arizal, halacha on the Three Weeks, a comic strip about R' Shimon Schwab and honesty, and various other educational segments.
Families · Stories · 2 pages · 5786
This magazine-style issue contains multiple distinct pieces: an interactive question about hosting guests with halachic guidance on loshon hora, a story about a businessman who didn't recognize a former pencil seller, and another story about a loud ringtone in shul with a puzzle. Each piece addresses different Torah themes around speech, gratitude, and davening.
Families · Short Vorts · 1 page · 5786
This weekly Tidbits publication provides reference content for Parashas Devarim-Chazon, including halachic guidance for the Nine Days (restrictions on showering, meat tasting, Havdalah), upcoming calendar dates (Tisha B'Av, Kiddush Levana), Daf Yomi schedules, and a parshah summary. It concludes with one brief Torah insight ("For the Shabbos Table") on how the nation's disorganized approach to Moshe revealed their flawed intentions regarding the Meraglim.
Adults · Stories · 4 pages · 5786
This piece retells a shiur on Parshas Devarim, exploring how Moshe rebuked the Jewish people using coded language to preserve their dignity rather than publicly shaming them. The essay illustrates this theme through the true story of Arnon Yogv, an Israeli taxi driver who killed a boy in an accident, and how the victim's father anonymously supported Arnon's struggling family for years—ultimately leading them to become baalei teshuva. The core lesson connects dignity-preserving rebuke to the rebuilding of the Temple and interpersonal relationships.
Families · Stories · 4 pages · 5786
This issue of 'At the ArtScroll Shabbos Table' for Parshas Devarim/Shabbos Chazon features three essays on themes of mourning, loss, and the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash, plus a historical piece on the creation of the ArtScroll Siddur. The essays discuss the significance of Shabbos Chazon, the importance of crying over the loss of the Temple, and the legacy of the Asarah Harugei Malchus. Also includes Daf Yomi schedules and a weekly Torah trivia question.
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