In our Torah portion for this week (Reeh), Moses continues his great farewell address, telling the people that surrendering to the will of the LORD will bring them great blessing, whereas refusing to yield will bring them loss... It begins: See (רְאֵה), I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse (בְּרָכָה וּקְלָלָה): the blessing when you heed the commandments (מִצְוֹת) of the Lord your God which I command you today, and the curse, when you refuse to heed the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way that I am commanding you today, to go after other gods that you have not known (Deut. 11:26-28). In the Hebrew text notice that the word reeh is singular (you see!), whereas the following pronoun is plural (before you today), which stresses that though the truth of Torah is freely given to everyone who has ears to hear, its our own personal responsibility to choose life and walk its message out in our lives (Deut. 30:19).
Posted on: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 07:56:20 +0000
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