Holding On and Letting Go

The Dual Message of Nitzavim and Vayelech

As we approach the Yamim Nora’im, everyone is talking about teshuvah—it’s the theme of the times and central to the parshiyos. But there’s another message in the names of these parshiyos that we may be missing.

Nitzavim—we were all there, standing together, listening to Moshe. At that moment, every Jewish soul throughout history was present and entering …