Eikev
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thumb|right|350px|The Golden Calf (watercolor circa 1896–1902 by James Tissot) Eikev, Ekev, Ekeb, Aikev, or ʿEqeb (—"if [you follow]," the second word, and the first distinctive word in the parashah) is the 46th weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the third in the Book of Deuteronomy. It comprises Deuteronomy 7:12–11:25. The parashah tells of the blessings of obedience to God, the dangers of forgetting God, and directions for taking the Land of Israel. Moses recalls the making and re-making of the Tablets of Stone, the incident of the Golden Calf,
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47 sectionsContents
- Readings
- First reading—Deuteronomy 7:12–8:10
- Second reading—Deuteronomy 8:11–9:3
- Third reading—Deuteronomy 9:4–29
- Fourth reading—Deuteronomy 10:1–11
- Fifth reading—Deuteronomy 10:12–11:9
- Sixth reading—Deuteronomy 11:10–21
- Seventh reading—Deuteronomy 11:22–25
- Readings according to the triennial cycle
- In ancient parallels
- Deuteronomy chapter 9
- Deuteronomy chapter 11
- In inner-Biblical interpretation
- Deuteronomy chapter 7
- Deuteronomy chapter 9
- Deuteronomy chapter 10
- Deuteronomy chapter 11
- In early nonrabbinic interpretation
- Deuteronomy chapter 8
- In classical Rabbinic interpretation
- Deuteronomy chapter 7
- Deuteronomy chapter 8
- Deuteronomy chapter 9
- Deuteronomy chapter 10
- Deuteronomy chapter 11
- In medieval Jewish interpretation
- Deuteronomy chapter 8
- Deuteronomy chapter 10
- Deuteronomy chapter 11
- In modern interpretation
- Deuteronomy chapter 7
- Deuteronomy chapter 8
- Deuteronomy chapter 10
- Deuteronomy chapter 11
- Commandments
- In the liturgy
- Haftarah
- Notes
- Further reading
- Biblical
- Early nonrabbinic
- Classical rabbinic
- Medieval
- Modern
- External links
- Texts
- Commentaries
thumb|right|350px|The Golden Calf (watercolor circa 1896–1902 by James Tissot) Eikev, Ekev, Ekeb, Aikev, or ʿEqeb (—"if [you follow]," the second word, and the first distinctive word in the parashah) is the 46th weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the third in the Book of Deuteronomy. It comprises Deuteronomy 7:12–11:25. The parashah tells of the blessings of obedience to God, the dangers of forgetting God, and directions for taking the Land of Israel. Moses recalls the making and re-making of the Tablets of Stone, the incident of the Golden Calf, Aaron's death, the Levites' duties, and exhortations to serve God.
The parashah is made up of 6865 Hebrew letters, 1747 Hebrew words, 111 verses, and 232 lines in a Torah Scroll (, Sefer Torah). Jews generally read it in August or, on rare occasions, late July.