Hey there and welcome back to Take One, the podcast that brings you just one human-sized page of Tomlin each day.

And today's page, Manachot 30, plunges us right

into a mystery. Have a listen. Rabbi Oshoabar Abba says, that Rav Giddhar says, that Rav says,

with regard to the last eight verses of the Torah, a single individual reads them in the synagogue,

as that section may not be divided between two readers.

The Gamara asks, in accordance with whose opinion is this said, it is not in accordance with

the opinion of Abishimon.

Okay, what are the last eight verses of the Torah?

Let's revisit them.

Here are the very last verses and the very last page of the very last book,

Deuteronomy. Moses, the servant of God, died there in Moab by the mouth of God. God buried him in the

valley in Moab opposite Beepio. No person knows the place of his burial site to this day. Moses was

120 years old when he died. His facial color did not pale after he died, nor did his body

lose its natural freshness. The Israelites wept for Moses in the plains of Moab for 30 days.

The days of weeping over the morning for Moses came to an end,

and Joshua, son of Nun, was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands upon him.

The Israelites obeyed him, and they did as God had commanded Moses. There never arose,

another prophet in Israel like Moses, whom God knew face to face, with regard to all the signs and

marvels that God had sent him to perform in Egypt before Pharaoh, all his courtiers, and all his

land, nor with regard to the strong hand with which he carried the tablets of the covenant,

nor with regard to the miracles that he performed in the great awesome desert,

which Moses did in view of all Israel.

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