Parshat Eikev, 4th Portion (Deuteronomy 10:1-10:11) Chof Av: Av 20 is the yahrtzeit (anniversary of the passing) of the Lubavitcher Rebbe's father, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson (1878-1944), in Alma Ata, Kazakhstan. Rabbi Levi Yitzchak was Chief Rabbi of Yekaterinoslav (currently Dnepropetrovsk), and was arrested and exiled to Kazakhstan by the Stalinist regime as a result of his work to preserve Jewish life in the Soviet Union.
Parshat Ki Tavo, 6th Portion(Deuteronomy 28:7-28:69)
Parshat Va'etchanan, 4th Portion (Deuteronomy 5:1-5:18) The 10 commandments
How eleven proverbial curses corresponded to eleven tribes of Israel. Parshat Ki Tavo, 4th Portion (Deuteronomy 27:1-27:10)