Parshat Vetchanan: Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11; Isaiah 40:1-26. Some of my favorite conversations with my children happen in the car. Buckled into their car seats, looking out the windows, they ask the best questions. Those car rides provide me with opportunities to hear what they are wondering about or answer their questions. This week’s Torah portion reminds us of our responsibility to teach our children, to connect them with their past, to link them with previous generations, to our Jewish values and our traditions. In these chapters of Deuteronomy, we first read of Moses pleading with God to let him into the...