- In Nitzavim, whom did Moshe call together to enter the covenant with
Hashem?
All of the people; no one was excluded
- What did the covenant include?
That Hashem would be our G-d and we would be his people as he
promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
- Were only those who heard G-d's word to be included in the covenant?
If no, who else?
It included those standing there that day and also those who were not
there; i.e., the descendants of those who were there.
- What would happen if the people refused to follow G-d's commandments?
He would throw them out of the Land; for an individual who refused
to follow His ways, Hashem would blot out his name from under heaven
and the curses written in the Torah would fall upon him.
- Was there any hope for them in the future?
Yes; if later they chose to follow Hashem's commandments, they could
be redeemed.
- Moshe said that Hashem's laws were not too hard for the people nor
too far away. Where were they?
It is in your mouth and your heart; also written in the Torah given
to us by Hashem.
- How old was Moshe when he spoke to the people in this week's
parasha?
120 years
- Moshe said that he would not cross the Jordan. Whom did he say would
cross first and whom second?
Hashem; Yehoshua
- How could Moshe tell the people to cross over into the land of their
enemies without fear?
Because he knew that Hashem would precede them and destroy the
nations so that the Israelites could dispossess them.
- Moshe wrote the law, gave it to the priests, and told them to do
what with it, how often, and when.
To read the law before all of Israel every 7th year, during
Succoth.
- Hashem told Moshe that he was about to expire; what did He predict
would happen amongst the people and what would be his (Hashem's)
response?
They would go astray after the foreign gods of the land, forsake
Hashem, and break the covenant; Hashem would then hide his face from
them and all manners of evil would befall the people.
- What did Hashem say would be the reason that they would turn to
other gods?
After He brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey,
they would eat their fill, wax fat and in their umbrage they would
forget where it all came from.
- Moshe predicted the people would soon be in rebellion. How did he
conclude this?
If they had been rebellious even while Moshe was living, how much
more so after his death.
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