Deuteronomy beings with a commentary found in the midrash:
"Do not read devarim (words) but devorim (bees). The words spoken by Moses sting like a wasp. They hurt. They cause pain to the person stung by them but also cause the death of the wasp in the process. Moses dies at the end of Deuteronomy.
-Rabbi Harold Kushner
Be very careful with how you speak to others. Their life and yours depends upon it.
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