Why Doesn’t Deuteronomy Begin with a Conjunctive Vav?
Why doesn’t the Book of Deuteronomy begin with the Hebrew conjunction vav?
A source-based Torah discussion of why Deuteronomy opens with “Eleh hadevarim” rather than with a conjunctive vav linking it explicitly to the preceding book. This localized discovery layer presents the canonical question for search and study without adding a new practical ruling.