Moshe's Prophecy and the Torah's Final Verses

Sifrei Devarim 1:1

ספרי דברים א׳:א׳

Sifrei Devarim 1:1

The passage addresses why the phrase "these are the words that Moshe spoke" appears at Devarim 1:1 if Moshe wrote the entire Torah, and answers that this phrase teaches these particular words were words of rebuke, as indicated by the subsequent reference to Yeshrun becoming fat and kicking.

Gur Aryeh on Devarim 34:5-12

גור אריה על דברים ל״ד:ה׳-י״ב

Gur Aryeh on Devarim 34:5-12

Maharal addresses the closing verses of the Torah and the tradition that Yehoshua wrote the final section. He explains the point in terms of the Torah's completion and the transition from Moshe's unique level to the next stage of revelation and historical continuation.

recovered from “Gur Aryeh on Devarim 34:10”

Gur Aryeh on Devarim

גור אריה על דברים ל״ד — ד"ה אלא הקדוש ברוך הוא אומר ומשה

Gur Aryeh on Devarim 34:5

On 'and there arose no prophet like Moshe,' Maharal discusses Moshe's singular prophecy and what that means for the Torah's closure. The passage is useful for framing why the final verses can be associated with a later prophet without diminishing Moshe's uniqueness.

Derekh Chayyim 3:13

Derekh Chayyim 3:13

The masorah serves as a fence for the Torah by establishing counts of defective and full spellings and various markers within the text to prevent the Torah from being forgotten; Rav Chisda teaches that the Torah is acquired only through such signs, interpreting the verse "place it in their mouths" as "place its signs" to indicate that memorization depends on these textual markers.

Tiferet Yisrael 57

תפארת ישראל נ״ז

Tiferet Yisrael 57

Those who posed this question held that prophecy applies equally to near and distant matters, such that prophecy can grasp what is distant from a person; however, when the Holy Spirit rested upon the prophets, it served to make known things that exist in their present reality, but prophecy had no dominion over matters that do not exist in present reality and belong to another world.

Tiferet Yisrael 1

תפארת ישראל א׳

Tiferet Yisrael 1

Prophecy, divine inspiration, and the Divine Presence were unique to the people whom God chose, apart from other nations, and prophecy is a preparation in the human soul that is found exclusively among the chosen people.