Im going to encourage everyone to read the TORAH PORTIONS and the COMMENTARIES to them, and here is a great example of why... Listen, O **HEAVENS**, and I will speak! And let the **EARTH** hear the words of my mouth! א. הַאֲזִינוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם וַאֲדַבֵּרָה וְתִשְׁמַע הָאָרֶץ אִמְרֵי פִי: (Deut 32:1) Listen, O heavens: that I am warning Israel, and you shall be witnesses in this matter, for I have already told Israel that you will be witnesses. And so is [the clause] “And let the earth hear” [to be similarly understood]. Now why did Moses call upon heaven and earth to be WITNESSES for warning Israel? Moses said: “I am just flesh and blood. Tomorrow I will die. If Israel says, ‘We never accepted the covenant,’ WHO will come and refute them?” Therefore, he called upon heaven and earth as witnesses for Israel-witnesses that endure forever. Furthermore, if they [Israel] act meritoriously, the witnesses will COME AND REWARD THEM: “The vine will give its fruit, the earth will yield its produce, and the heavens will give their dew” (Zech. 8:12). And if Israel acts sinfully, the hand of the witnesses will be upon them first to INFLICT PUNISHMENT ON THEM: “And He will close off the heaven that there will be no rain, and the soil will not give its produce” (Deut. 11:17), and then the verse continues: “and you will perish quickly”-through [the attacks of] the nations. — [Sifrei 32:1] From....chabad.org/parshah/torahreading.asp?aid=36241&p=1&showrashi=true.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 18:40:08 +0000
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