Shabbat Parashat Nitzavim-Vayeilech - 5786
Shabbat Parashat Nitzavim-Vayeilech - 5786 Rabbi Hal Miller Not with you alone do I forge this covenant and this oath but with whoever is here, standing with us today, before Hashem our God, and with whoever is not here with us today. [Devarim 29:13-14] How can someone bind others in a covenant? In particular here, each person is binding his wife, his existing children and his future descendants for all generations. None of them are participating in this decision.