<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="font-size: 20px;" class="">This is the only parsha that can never be read on Shabbos<br class="">outside of Israel. It is read on Simchas Torah which can never<br class="">fall on Shabbos outside of Israel. This portion speaks about the<br class="">b’racha that Moshe blessed all the Jews before he died. The concept<br class="">of a blessing is contained in the sh’moneh esrei: “borcheinu ovinu <br class="">kulanu k’echod,” which simply means God should bless us all together.<br class="">But in Tanya, the alter Rebbe gives a deeper meaning of it. “Borcheinu<br class="">ovinu,” when can God bless us? “kulanu k’echod,” when we’re all united.<br class="">If the Jews are not united, then there is no blessing. This applies to ALL<br class="">Jews — the Reform, the Reconstructionist, the Conservative, the <br class="">Orthodox, the Confusadox, etc.<br class="">To reiterate — in order for God’s blessing to be valid, we must be united.</span></body></html>