“Abraham gave his newborn son, whom Sarah had borne him, the name of Isaac” Genesis 21:3
By Rabbi Daniel Silverstein
“Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and he pitched his tents until Sodom” Genesis 13:12
“At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ark he had made and sent out the raven” Genesis 8:6
“Now the Lord God took the man, and He placed him in the Garden of Eden to work it and to guard it” Genesis 2:15
“May Hashem our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors. May we never be abandoned or forsaken” I Kings 8:57
“Make My teaching drop like rain, my sayings should flow like dew” Deuteronomy 32:2
“Now Hannah was praying in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk” 1 Samuel 1:13
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“For the matter is very close to you, it is in your mouth and in your heart in order to do it” Deuteronomy 30:14
By Rabbi Gabriel Botnick
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“And you shall call out and declare before Hashem your God: ‘An Aramean [Laban] attempted to destroy my ancestor [Jacob], and he descended to Egypt’” Deuteronomy 26:5
By Rabbi Eli Birnbaum
“When a man has taken a bride, he shall not go out with the army or be assigned to it for any purpose; he shall be exempt one year for the sake of his household, to give happiness to the woman he has married” Deuteronomy 24:5
By Rabbi Zahavit Shalev
“And you should prepare the way, divide into three parts…and it shall be for murderers to flee” Deuteronomy 19:3
By Rabbi Daniel Fine
Both are on the other side of the Jordan, beyond the west road that is in the land of the Canaanites who dwell in the Arabah — near Gilgal, by the terebinths of Moreh” Deuteronomy 11:30
By Rebbetzin Dr Hadassah Fromson
“Therefore impress these My words upon your very heart: bind them as a sign on your hand and let them serve as a symbol on your forehead” Deuteronomy 11:18
“But Hashem grew angry with me… and did not heed me” Deuteronomy 3:26
“You shall not be partial in judgment: hear out low and high alike. Fear no man, for judgment is God’s. And any matter that is too difficult for you, you shall bring to me and I will hear it” Deuteronomy 1:17
By Professor Melissa Raphael
These are the decrees that God commanded Moses between a man and wife, a father and daughter” Numbers 30:7