This Week's Portion #53 Ha'azinu | האזינו | "Give ear!/Listen" አድምጡ | ’Ad’mT’u *For a PDF version of All the Torah Portions Schedule, click here to download! 1. Torah Reading Deuteronomy 32:1-52 1.1 First reading — Deuteronomy 32:1–6 1.2 Second reading — Deuteronomy 32:7–12 1.3 Third reading — Deuteronomy 32:13–18 1.4 Fourth reading — Deuteronomy 32:19–28 1.5 Fifth reading — Deuteronomy 32:29–39 1.6 Sixth reading — Deuteronomy 32:40–43 1.7 Seventh reading — Deuteronomy 32:44–52 2. Prophets Reading 2 Samuel 22:1-51 3. New Testament Reading Romans 10:14-11:12 Portion Outline - TORAH Deuteronomy 31:30 | The Song of Moses Deuteronomy 32:48 | Moses' Death Foretold Portion Outline - PROPHETS 2 Samuel 22:1 | David's Song of Thanksgiving The word Ha’azinu (האזינו) literally means “give ear,” an expression meaning “Listen to this.” It is also the name of the fifty-third and second-to-last reading from the Torah. It is the first word of the Song of Moses, which begins with the words “Give ear (Ha’azinu), O heavens, and let me speak” (Deuteronomy 32:1). Rab Yehudah said, “The day when rain falls is as great as the day when the Torah was given, as it is said [in Deuteronomy 32:2], ‘Let my teaching drop as the rain.’ Moses begins his song by calling upon the heavens and the earth as witnesses to his teaching. He says, “Give ear, O heavens, and let me speak; and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.”(Deuteronomy 32:1) He follows this progression- https://www.lojs.org/this-weeks-reading-53/