Ekev is the Hebrew word for “because” and is the name of the book of Deuteronomy in Hebrew, this is the name for the weekly Torah Portion reading for the Deuteronomy starting in chapter 7 verse 12 and going through chapter 11 and verse 25.

Va’Etchanan is the Hebrew word for “and I besought” and is the name of the book of Deuteronomy in Hebrew, this is the name for the weekly Torah Portion reading for the Deuteronomy starting in chapter 3 verse 23 and going through chapter 7 and verse 11.