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Facebuker Shabbos Table Talk — Bechukotai 5784

Выпуск: Facebuker Shabbos Table Talk — Bechukotai 5784. Темы: kashrut, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: кашрут, кошер, kosher, kashrut, כשרות, כשר, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. He says, “If you don’t listen to Me, and you don’t do the commandments, you will come to be repulsed by My laws, and you will pull even farther away from Me than if you simply admitted that you were wrong.” Rationalizing one’s behavior will create an ever-growing chasm between him and His Creator. The Torah tells us that when we are serving G-d appropriately, and He is fighting on our side, “Five of you shall chase one hundred enemies, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand.” If a hundred is twenty times five, and five people can chase a hundred people, it stands to reason that a hundred people can chase twenty times that amount, or two thousand people. And if you are disgusted by My statutes and repulsed by My judgments…” (Vayikra 26:14-15) After first promising blessing and goodness for following His commandments, Hashem now tells the Jewish People what will happen if they don’t follow the commandments. E-mail DoItForDovid@gmail.com Hashem promises us great prosperity if we “go in My statutes.” Seemingly, that would mean fulfilling the commandments of Hashem, except that the next part of the verse speaks about “doing” the mitzvos. Although we should listen to Hashem’s commandments regardless of whether we agree with them or not (and who are we to disagree?) we can understand that if one finds a particular mitzvah anathema to him, he will not fulfill it. For the same reason, we are careful to read Parashas Ki Savo, where the other portion of the Tochachah is written, at least two weeks before Rosh Hashanah, so that "the old year may be ushered out along with its curses". We are careful, therefore, to be finished with Parshas Bechukosai - in which the Tochachah, the Admonition and its curses, occupy a central role -- before this Day of Judgment and New Year begin. It would make sense that if a person found some of the statutes to be questionable in his mind, or if he was offended by some of the Torah’s judgments, then he would be loathe to do them. Consequently, it has become customary in many shuls for the Torah reader himself to be called upon to read the Tochachah, with varying opinions as to whether he is called by name or not. Because when one is

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Facebuker Shabbos Table Talk

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30 мая 2024 г.

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2

Темы: kashrut, parsha_commentary