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If you walk by My statutes and guard My commandments and do them\u2026 I shall place My presence in your midst\u2026 And I shall walk among you, and I shall be a God to you, and as for you, you will be My people.\u00a0<\/span>(Lev. 26:3, 11-2)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Too often walking becomes a means to an end. We walk in order to get from place to place, paying little to no attention into the walk itself. We don\u2019t have time nor patience, and we have places to go. But, if we simply pause and take our journeys step by step, there is so much wonder to be discovered.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Standing up, shoes on or off, place both feet firmly on the ground. Feel your whole body strengthened by your legs as you stand between earth and heaven. This dirt beneath you is the soil from which you were formed. Breathing in, pick up your right foot and slowly plant it onto the ground in front of you \u2013 you are in motion. Breathing out, lift your left foot, bringing it to meet your right. With each step your foot kisses the earth \u2013 invite that energy to ground you and calm you.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Consider \u2013<\/span> why am I walking? What blessings am I accepting into my life? What challenges am I struggling with? What aspirations am I striving for? <\/span><\/i>With the movement of your body, allow your soul to find peace and seek wonder and make space for your emotions to spill over. <\/span>What is my destination? What is my journey?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n

No step should be taken for granted. Pause to become aware of the blessing that is your body, in every way that it functions and struggles. The simple act of movement is a gift and an opportunity to see the world with amazement. How much beauty is around us; how much beauty is inside of us!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cThe heavens are heavens for the Lord, and the earth God has given to humankind\u201d (Tehillim 115:16). How glorious are the gifts God has granted to us. A body, a mind, this beautiful blue planet. We, in each and every step we take, have the opportunity to invite God to join us here on earth. It is through our mindful steps and our intentional actions that we bring Divinity into our lives. When we live a life with purpose and value, we summon God\u2019s presence and reestablish the covenant with our Creator.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Learning to walk with God means becoming aware of the life all around us. This whole world can become a Garden of Eden if we cease to take it for granted and begin to live in peace with all that surrounds us.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Lifting my right foot I inhale the blessings all around me. Lifting my left foot I exhale wonder, awe and holiness into the world.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n

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The penultimate chapter of the Book of Leviticus begins with God\u2019s list of blessings that will be bestowed on the Jewish people if they \u201cfollow My decrees and observe My commandments (26:1)\u201d followed by what is commonly known as the \u201c<\/span>tochacha<\/span><\/em>\u201d \u2013 the admonition of curses that will result \u201cif you will not listen to Me (26:14).\u201d The blessings described are all material in nature \u2013 good crops, prosperity, and peace.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The most obvious blessing is missing from this list \u2013 enhanced spirituality and closeness to God. Maimonides argues that the spiritual rewards of following Torah are self-evident while the blessings listed here are miraculous. He goes on to describe the circularity of rewards in Hilchot Teshuvah 9:1. The miracles bestowed on the nation who follows God\u2019s decrees make life easier, which in turn makes it easier to increase service to God, earn even greater rewards, and so on. The message is that the more we work at it, the more God will help us move forward.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There is a word used repeatedly in the <\/span>tochacha<\/span><\/em> that Rabbi Jonathan Sacks points out is nowhere else in Tanach. God doesn\u2019t refer to disobedience, but rather uses the term \u201c<\/span>keri<\/span><\/em>,\u201d translated as casually, or by happenstance. So, God is not talking about absolute obedience or disobedience but seems more concerned with the mode in which we approach our relationship with Him. If we are intentional about our Torah observance then God will deal intentionally with us. As Maimonides says, \u201cIf we will observe (the Torah) in joy and out of goodness of soul \u2026 He will detach us from all such things that prevent us from observing it.\u201d On the other hand, if we believe what happens to us is simply happenstance, and we approach the Torah with that mindset, then God will, in effect, support that choice too, and leave us to chance.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The culmination of the <\/span>tochacha<\/span><\/em> at the end of this chapter is perhaps the linchpin in our relationship with God. \u201cDespite all this\u201d says God, referring to the evils that may, and have, over our history befallen us, \u201cI will not cast them away, abhor them, destroy them, or break My covenant with them, for I am the Lord their God (26:44-45).\u201d This, says Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, is the basis of hope that characterizes the Jewish people: \u201cWithout belief in the covenant, and it\u2019s insistence, \u2018Yet in spite of this,\u2019 there might have been no Jewish people after the destructions of the Temples, or the Holocaust. 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When reading a book, we usually assume the events are written in chronological order.\u00a0 However, Leviticus chapters 25 and26 seem out of place: the first line of 25 informs us that it was originally taught to Moses at Mt. Sinai. Likewise, the last verse of Leviticus chapter 26 informs us that it too was originally taught at Mt. Sinai. The Torah's current placement of these chapters can be explained by the fact they were read during one of the two ceremonies of the covenants Moses made on Mt. Sinai (as described in Exodus 24).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The first covenant Moses made was the Oral Law Covenant. At this covenant, Moses <\/span>orally<\/em> <\/span>recited the mitzvot of the Ten Commandments and the civil laws to the people.\u00a0 Thus, this covenant establishes the oral law as the binding authority of God's commandments.\u00a0 Fittingly, the people accept the primacy of the oral law with the words \"We will do!\" (Exodus 24:3).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The second covenant Moses made was the Written Law Covenant.\u00a0 At this covenant, Moses <\/span>wrote down<\/em> <\/span>chapters 25 and 26 of Leviticus and read them to the people. This covenant instructs the nation of Israel on their role to teach about God and goodness to all of humanity.\u00a0 Therefore, Leviticus chapter 25 was read at this ceremony since it discusses equality (the sabbatical year), social justice (the Jubilee year), and the obligation to perform kindness (redeeming the poor from poverty and slavery). In addition, the blessings and curses of Leviticus chapter 26 were read since they demonstrate Israel's communal commitment to keep the commandments. This includes the obligation to teach the values behind the commandments to humanity.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The seven-fold repetition of the word \"covenant\" in Leviticus chapter 26 shows it to be the important message of this chapter. The language the people used to accept this covenant also corresponds to the contents of this chapter.\u00a0 They said \"We will do (<\/span>na'aseh<\/span><\/em>) and we will listen (<\/span>nishma<\/span><\/em>)\" (Exodus 24:7),\u00a0 which correlates to the conditions in Leviticus chapter 26 \"If you follow My laws and faithfully observe (<\/span>va'asitem<\/span><\/em>) My commandments\u2026I will maintain my covenant with you\u2026But if you do not obey (<\/span>tishme'u<\/span><\/em>) Me and do not heed (<\/span>ta'asu<\/span><\/em>) all these commandments\u2026I in turn will do this to you.\"\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

With the books of Exodus and Leviticus on one side of these chapters, and the books of Numbers and Deuteronomy on the other, Israel's mission to be a light unto the nations is literally the centerpiece of the written Torah.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":69821,"alt":"","title":"jer11-covenant","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant-300x169.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":169,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant-768x432.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant-1024x576.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":576,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant.jpg","1536x1536-width":1280,"1536x1536-height":720,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant.jpg","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":720,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant-1200x675.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":675,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant-747x420.jpg","home_baner-width":747,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"The Torah\u2019s Centerpiece","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"The secret of the two covenants","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":69821,"alt":"","title":"jer11-covenant","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant-300x169.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":169,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant-768x432.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant-1024x576.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":576,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant.jpg","1536x1536-width":1280,"1536x1536-height":720,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant.jpg","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":720,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant-1200x675.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":675,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant-747x420.jpg","home_baner-width":747,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Leviticus","chapter":"26","chapter_main_number":"116","date":"20260208","wall_id":"116"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"395","name":"Covenant","old_id":"795"},{"term_id":"410","name":"Torah","old_id":"810"}]},{"order":5,"id":"106409","color":"#f6edf6","size":"1","name":"Torah In The Marketplace? 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He also has served as Forchheimer Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Humanities at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He is the author of The Tanhuma-Yelammedenu Literature: Studies in the Evolution of the Versions (Gorgias Press, 2003). In 2006, Bregman was appointed the Herman and Zelda Bernard Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro, where he also headed the program in Jewish Studies, until 2013. Bregman retired from UNCG as of July 31, 2017. 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In our<\/span> chapter<\/span><\/a> the weekly Torah reading<\/span> Bechukotai<\/span><\/a> begins: \u201cIf you follow My laws (<\/span>\u2018im be-chukotai telechu<\/span><\/em>) and faithfully observe My commandments, I will grant your rains in their season, so that the earth shall yield its produce and the trees of the field their fruit\u2026\u201d (<\/span>Leviticus 26:3-4<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Tanhuma Buber<\/span><\/a> relates these verses to<\/span> Proverbs 1:20-21<\/span><\/a>:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Wisdom [i.e. Torah personified as a Woman] cries aloud outside, raises her voice in the broad spaces. At the head of the busy streets, she calls; at the entrance of the gates, in the city, she will speak her words.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In elaborating on this verse, the story is related of how Rabbi Shmuel bar Nahman (4<\/span>th<\/span> century CE) questioned his teacher, Rabbi Yohanan ben Eleazar while they were in the marketplace.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rabbi Shmuel bar Nahman requested, \u2018Teach me a chapter of Mishnah here.\u2019 Rabbi Yohanan ben Eleazar replied, \u2018Go to the house of study and I will teach it to you there.\u2019 Rabbi Shmuel said to his teacher, \u2018But, Rabbi, did you not teach me: \u201cWisdom cries aloud in the streets\u201d?\u2019 Rabbi Yohanan chastised him saying, \u2018You do not know how to read Scripture and you don\u2019t know how to expound! What is the meaning of \u201cWisdom cries aloud in the streets\u201d? This means \u201cIn the streets\u201d of Torah (i.e. the study houses and synagogues). <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>This might be compared to a pearl, which is sold out of doors where it can be seen in daylight. Similarly, Torah is studied, but in the light of its own \u201coutdoors\u201d, which is Wisdom. <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>And what is the meaning of the continuation of the verse in Proverbs: \u201cin the broad places [<\/span>rehovot<\/span><\/em>]\u201d? In the place where Torah is broadened (<\/span>expounded upon<\/span><\/em>). And where is Torah expanded upon exegetically? In the synagogues and in the study houses. <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>At first synagogues were located on the heights of the city, as it says: \u201cAt the head of the busy streets\u201d (see<\/span> Tosefta Megillah 3:14<\/span><\/a>). \u201cShe [Torah] will speak her words\u201d \u2013 if you have spoken words of Torah, speak her words again and again.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Another interpretation of<\/span> \u201cShe will speak her words\u201d<\/span><\/a> . Torah speaks of the good and the bad. Of what is good, God says: \u201c<\/span>If you follow My laws and faithfully observe My commandments, I will grant your rains in their season, so that the earth shall yield its produce and the trees of the field their fruit.<\/span><\/a> But:<\/span> If you do not obey Me and do not observe all these commandments...I will wreak misery upon you\"<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Another interpretation of \u201c<\/span>If you follow my Laws<\/span><\/a>\u201d. Note that further on in our chapter, Scripture promises: \u201c<\/span>I will establish My abode in your midst, and I will not spurn you. I will be ever present in your midst. I will be your God, and you shall be My people.<\/span><\/a> And Isaiah adds: Then shall a redeemer come to Zion, and to those in Jacob who turn from sin\".<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Thus expounded <\/span>Rabbi Tanhuma Be-Rebbi bar Abba.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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These are the chukim, mishpatim,<\/em> and torot<\/em> (laws, rules, and instructions)\u00a0 that God gave between Himself and between the people of Israel on Mt. Sinai by the hand of Moses (v. 46).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

After the lengthy list of blessings and curses, the chapter ends with this verse. Scattered throughout these last few chapters of Leviticus, the Torah has mentioned chukim<\/em> and mishpatim<\/em> (e.g. Leviticus 18, 20, 24). There have also been references to Moses receiving the rules on Mt. Sinai (e.g., Leviticus 7 and 25).\u00a0 This is the first time, however, that \u201ctorot<\/em>\u201d are added to the list. What are these \u201ctorot<\/em>\u201d?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Most commentators explain that the plural of Torah here is meant to include both the written Torah and the oral law to explain that both were given on Mt. Sinai. A less midrashic explanation is that these \u201ctorot\u201d refer to the lists of sacrifices that were a feature of the early part of the book. The word \u201ctorah\u201d is used to introduce most of the sections of sacrifices (e.g. Leviticus 6:18, 7:1, 7:11, 11:46, etc.) This verse acts as a summary of the entire book and therefore includes references to all these types of ordinances listed in Leviticus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There is another important difference between this verse and the others. All the other instances are one-directional. God decrees the mishpatim, the chukim, and the torot. It is a one-way lesson from God through Moses to the people. But in this verse God explains that these are all given <\/span>between<\/span><\/i> God and the people. Why the shift here? Perhaps God is trying to explain to the people that the list of curses and blessings is not a top-down ordinance. Instead, it is a pact between God and the people. If the people fail to follow these ordinances, God is bound to punish them. More importantly, though, if the people follow the mishpatim, chukim, and torot, then God is bound to provide them with the blessings. 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The book of Leviticus reaches a climax with an account of the blessings and curses attendant on Israel\u2019s obedience, or lack of it, to the terms of the covenant. The blessings are relatively brief. The curses are, by contrast, set out at length and with elemental power. They are terrifying. To this day Jews recite them in a low voice, barely above a whisper. This is part of the passage:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cAs for those of you who are left, I will make their hearts so fearful in the lands of their enemies that the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. They will run as though fleeing from the sword, and they will fall, even though no one is pursuing them. <\/span>They will stumble over one another<\/span><\/em> as though fleeing from the sword, even though no one is pursuing them. So you will not be able to stand before your enemies\u201d (Lev. 26: 36-37).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The italicised phrase became the proof-text of the rabbinic doctrine of collective responsibility:\u00a0<\/span>\u201c\u2018They shall stumble over one another\u2019 \u2013 one <\/span>because<\/span><\/em> of another. This teaches that all Israel are sureties for one another\u201d (Sifra, Bechukotai, 2:7).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This is the sole source in the rabbinic literature for the principle<\/span><\/em>.<\/em> It first appears in the <\/span>Sifra<\/span><\/i>, a halakhic midrash of the Mishnaic period, and is quoted several times in the Babylonian Talmud. It is, however, an exceptionally strange text on which to base the idea that all Jews are responsible for one another...<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The question [the rabbis] faced was not: Where do we find in the Bible the concept that \u2018all Israel are responsible for one another\u2019? The whole Pentateuch presupposes this concept. But that is because it speaks of Israel as a nation of \u00a0neighbours and fellow citizens who live and act together and whose actions self-evidently affect one another. The question that faced the sages was: Where do we find that this principle still applies <\/span>even when the Jewish people is exiled, dispersed and shorn of power<\/span><\/em>,<\/em> when it is no longer bound together by geographical proximity or membership in the same body politic?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There are, in fact, only two passages in the Pentateuch that speak about such an eventuality, namely the two passages of curses which envision Israel defeated and scattered in the land of their enemies. \u00a0That is why the sages chose the text, \u2018They will stumble over one another\u2019, understanding it to mean, \u2018They will stumble because of one another\u2019s sins.\u2019 For it was this text, referring to a time when Jews were in exile, that hinted at the profound spiritual truth that even though Jews were shattered politically and scattered geographically, they were still a nation. Even at such a time they are bound by a covenant of mutual responsibility. Jewish fate and destiny are indivisible.<\/span>
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Future Tense<\/i><\/b><\/p>\r\n

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It is one of the many musings of Hamlet from which whole libraries have been hatched. In Act 3, the Prince of Denmark remarks \u201cour wills and fates do so contrary run.\u201d He\u2019s speaking from a particularly difficult vortex of injustice, crime, revenge, and power politics. Hamlet seems out of place in his own play, because he feels out of sorts in a world where cause and effect, reward and punishment, power and ethics all seem wildly out of whack. In Yeats\u2019s famous formulation, \u201cthe best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\r\n

In the mismatched worlds of <\/span>The Second Coming<\/span><\/em> and Hamlet\u2019s Denmark, indeed in the genre of tragedy more generally, the force comes from the injustice. Outcomes come crashing towards us with their own malevolent velocity, and the most we can hope for is to find shelter from the cascading cataclysms, which bear as little relation to our acts as the sun does to the atrocities it illuminates. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Today\u2019s chapter posits a radically different understanding of the physics of the moral universe. Here, blessing and curse are tightly wound to human action, which are causative, not merely correlative. It is a drama that features the full ensemble- the Divine, mankind, the sky and the earth and seeds and everything that can shine as a blessing or cast an accursed shadow. It is the cosmos as meritocracy, on the grandest of scales. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

And yet- the final verses in this chapter introduce the unpredictable element, the free and floating variable. God remembers our patriarchs, their soft ways and adamantine conviction, and he remembers our wonder when we left Egypt, and saw ourselves as free men and women, and our days stretched long and liberated. In affection smuggled in through memory, there is a way out of causation, and a lean towards grace.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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There are few scenes more dramatic than the interaction between Moses and God on Sinai. After returning to the cloud and thunder to receive the second set of tablets, Moses musters his courage and requests to be shown the presence of God: \u201cPlease, let me behold Your Presence!\u201d (Ex 33:18). God responds with the well-known declaration, \u201cyou will not be able to see My Face, for no human may see Me and live\u201d (Ex<\/span> 33:20). The term \u201c<\/span>panim<\/span><\/i>\u201d, literally meaning \u201cface\u201d, to describe God\u2019s presence has challenged interpreters and translators alike throughout the ages. Can God be described as having a face? Can God\u2019s face turn towards or away from us? These questions present significant theological challenges.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Leviticus 26 presents a similar message to that of the final chapters of Deuteronomy:if the Israelites follow the teachings of the book, things will bode well for them; if not, a litany of sufferings and curses will fall upon them and the land. The Hebrew root of the term \u201c<\/span>panim\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(p\/f-n-h) appears on both sides of this exhortation. In verse 9, we read, \u201cI will look upon you with favor\u201d, \u201c<\/span>u\u2019<\/span>faniti<\/b> eleichem<\/span><\/em>\u201d<\/span><\/i>. This also means, \u201cI will turn to you in favor\u201d\u2014implying that God\u2019s \u201c<\/span>panim<\/span><\/em>\u201d will turn towards them, granting them health and prosperity. On the flip side, in verse 17, we read, \u201cI will set My Face against you\u201d, \u201c<\/span>v\u2019natati <\/span>fanai <\/b>bachem<\/span><\/em>\u201d<\/span><\/i>, which will lead to famine, drought, and all the curses in the world. How then do we understand God\u2019s role in natural disasters? Are they literally a result of a failure to follow God\u2019s law?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Maimonides, in <\/span>The Guide of the Perplexed<\/span>, interprets Moses at Sinai in a unique way. According to him, Moses sought to know two things about God\u2014one was God\u2019s \u201cways\u201d and the other was God\u2019s essence (<\/span>panim<\/span><\/em>). Humanity cannot come to know God\u2019s essence, but humanity <\/span>can<\/b> come to know God\u2019s \u201cways\u201d, which Rambam explains to be the inner workings of natural law. He writes, \u201cthose who know Him are those who are favored by Him and permitted to come near Him, whereas those who do not know Him are objects of His wrath and are kept far away from him\u201d (<\/span>Guide <\/span><\/em>I:54<\/span><\/i>). So, to experience God \u201cturning away\u201d God\u2019s face actually means to remain ignorant of natural law, which then leads to disease, famine, and the other curses listed in Leviticus 26. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

With this teaching in mind, we see that the responsibility placed upon us by Leviticus 26 is not only moral fortitude and proper worship, but also an understanding and appreciation of the laws of nature. At a time when climate change continues to impact our world in unquantifiable ways, we should take note of the warnings of Rambam and the book of Leviticus. It is our responsibility to understand the impact we make on our world, and fight for change when that impact threatens the magnificent work of God\u2019s creation. 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\"...but also My covenant with Isaac and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember\u2026\u201d<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>(Leviticus 26:42)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

 <\/p>\r\n

When I and Father go to pray,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>We walk at night and not by day,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>For I don\u2019t like the noonday sun<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>That burns so hot I cannot play. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

For I don\u2019t like the noonday sun,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>And I am Father\u2019s precious one;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>And all my life, my father\u2019s tried<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>To pamper me, his favorite son. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

And all my life, my father\u2019s tried<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>To wipe my tears when I have cried,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>To raise me high if I should fall,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>While never has my father lied. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

To raise me high if I should fall,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>For Father loves me best of all.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Yet God loves Father even more<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>When Father tries to hear God\u2019s call. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Yet God loves Father even more,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>And Father says God\u2019s love is law.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>But Father holds my hand so tight,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>A talon\u2019s grasp, or clasp by claw. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

But Father holds my hand so tight,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>To shield me from my fears of night.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>So on we walk, and barely talk<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>On barren hills in white moon-light. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

So on we walk, and barely talk.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>I think I saw some jackals stalk<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>A little lamb upon that hill<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>That tried to flee a circling hawk. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

A little lamb upon that hill;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Yet if he\u2019s killed, is that God\u2019s will?<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>But Father says it\u2019s time to rest<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>And gaze at stars that twinkle still. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

But Father says it\u2019s time to rest,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>For Father\u2019s always loved me best.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>And when I\u2019m tired, we stop to sleep;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Then Father builds the softest nest. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

And when I\u2019m tired, we stop to sleep;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>But first I ask him where\u2019s the sheep.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>\u201cOur God will find the perfect lamb,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>For what we sow, we have to reap.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Our God will find the perfect lamb;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>And God will see how good I am<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>When I and Father go to pray<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>And blow the horn of a wild ram. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

When I and Father go to pray,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>We walk at night and not by day.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":"","post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"929 Poetry Corner","tile_main_caption":"Isaac's Journey","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"For Father loves me best of all \/ Yet God loves Father even 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In detailing the many blessings in store for those who keep God\u2019s commandments, Leviticus 26:10 describes the blessing of abundant produce: \u201cYou shall eat old grain long stored, and you shall have to clear out the old to make room for the new.\u201d Studying this chapter at the end of the civil year, calls to mind the \u201cend of year sales\u201d needed to make way for the new products already on the way to stores to be put on sale from the beginning of the new year. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Is such overabundance really a blessing in what has been termed our contemporary \u201cAge of Abundance\u201d? It turns out that the question of which is preferable -- Old or New? -- is itself not only new but also old. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

In praise of \u201caged\u201d learning, Mishnah Avot Chapter 4, Mishnah 20 records the following discussion: \u201cRabbi Yossi the son of Judah of Kfar HaBavli would say: One who learns Torah from youngsters, whom is he comparable to? To one who eats unripe grapes and drinks [unfermented] wine from the press. One who learns Torah from the old, whom is he comparable to? To one who eats ripened grapes and drinks aged wine. Said Rabbi Meir: Look not at the vessel, but at what it contains. There are new vessels that are filled with old wine, and old vessels that do not even contain new wine\u201d. \u201cAged wine\u201d -- here a metaphor for mature, venerable learning -- is accordingly to be preferred to more recent insights. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

But this text seems to disagree with another ancient teaching (Babylonian Talmud, Ta\u2019anit 7a): \u201cRabbi Nahman bar Isaac said: Why are the words of the Torah likened to a tree, as it is said, It is a tree of life to them that grasp it (Proverbs 3:18)? This is to teach you that just as a small tree may set on fire a bigger tree so too it is with scholars, the younger sharpen the minds of the older. This agrees with what Rabbi Hanina said: I have learnt much from my teachers (see Metzudat David to Psalms 119:99), and from my colleagues more than from my teachers, but from my disciples more than from them all.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\r\n

From ancient times to our day, perhaps a balanced mixture of Old and New -- learning from both young and old -- is best of all. As we learn in Mishnah Avot Chapter 4 Mishnah 1: \u201cWho is wise? One who learns from everyone, as it is says, \u2018From all my teachers I have gained knowledge\u2026\u2019 (Psalms 119:99)\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

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\u201cAre we allowed to seek medical attention?\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Chanokh Berenson: Jewish texts on doctors. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201c<\/span>Living in the Land, Living with the Land<\/span><\/a>\u201d by William Plevan: What is the purpose of the sabbatical year?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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  1. What\u2019s the score?<\/em> 10 verses discuss the blessings, and 25 - the curses.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. The blessing in labor<\/em>. Or with a bit more guilt:\u201d give thanks that you even have work. Really. \u201cYour threshing shall overtake the vintage, and your vintage shall overtake the sowing; you shall eat your fill of bread and dwell securely in your land\u201d (verse 5).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. A strong image<\/em>. Imagine a real drought, before the advent of municipal water supplies \u201cI will make your skies like iron and your earth like copper\u201d (verse 19).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. A concrete indictment. <\/em>Part of the overall sin of transgressing the covenant, a very concrete infraction is mentioned: not honoring the cycles of shmita and jubilee. Exile will allow the land to finally rest, which the residents had prevented (see verses 34-35, 43).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  5. Keri<\/em>.<\/span><\/i> Translated here as hostility, this is a key word that commentators old and new have puzzled over. Stubbornness and aggressiveness - as the Septuagint translated? Or is it closer to the (sinful) idea that everything happens by chance and not by God\u2019s design, as some early rabbis claimed?<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","post_main_content_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"The Daily Summary","tile_main_caption":"Points to Ponder: Leviticus 26","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Insights and questions for personal reflection and group discussion","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","old_create_date":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","links":false,"send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Leviticus","chapter":"26","chapter_main_number":"116","date":"20260208","wall_id":"116"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false}],"hide_acf":true,"home_image":false,"home_posts":false,"home_posts_title":"","posts_home":[],"static_cube_title":"","static_cube_brief":"","static_cube_color":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall\/46087"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wall"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}