Ki Savo - 5th Portion

Join me as we learn kumish for Thursday paras chapter 27 verse 11. Yesterday we spoke about Moshe telling the Jewish people about the covenant that they have to set up the boulders. The boulders that were in the Jordan River and then the boulders that they were going to write the Torah in seven different languages and then with lime and take off the uh the plaster from it. Today Moshe reminds them as well as he mentioned that once they cross over the Jordan River, there will be the the ceremony of blessings and curses which they will be on two different mountains. And Moshe now describes how that's going to work. Mosha commanded the people on that day, saying, "These are the ones that the following tribes that will stand on Mount Grem in order to bless the people when you cross over the Jordan River." The tribes that are going to be on one mountain and there's going to be on Mount Grie are going to be Shim, Ley, Yehuda, and Byam. He doesn't mean that they themselves will bless them. was the Levites that were standing in the middle that were blessing the people that it says in the tractor of six tribes went to the mount top of Mount Grie and six went to the top of Mount Aim and the Levites those that were able to carry the ark and the ark itself was in the middle that the Levites turned their faces to Mount Grem. They began by saying a blessing the blessing blessed the one that doesn't make an image and both of them from both mountains the six tribes on this one the six tribes on the other would answer then the Levites turned their faces and they fed towards Mount Ael and they began with the curses and they said cursed is the man will make a that would make a statue and then they would answer and then they went back and faced mount one that doesn't curse his father or mother. And then they would face mount evil and they would say cursed is the one that does so and so to all the verses they would say facing one mountain or cursed facing another mountain but both tribe both sets of tribes six and each mountain would answer a mean the one saying it was the co and the levite in the center until they would go to the end cursed is the one that doesn't follow the words of the verse These are those that would stand on Mount A when the curses were being said, the six tribes were usher. Verse 14, and the Levites would then respond and speak up and to all the Jewish people in a loud voice. Verse 15, cursed to be the man who makes a sculptured molten image. It is an abomination to being the handiwork of a craftsman. And he sets it up in secret. And everybody would all the people respond by saying amen. Verse 16, cursed be the one who degrades his father or mother. Amen. And everybody would respond. All the people will say amen. What is the word ma? Mazal. Degrades. Embarrasses. So we learned previously in chapter 25 that your brother would be embarrassed because if you hit him verse 17 cursed be the one who pushes back on his neighbor's landmark and all people will answer what is the word meaning he pushes back his friend's property and steals the property of his fellow of his neighbor like Isaiah uses the terminology and they pushed back. Verse 18, cursed be the one who misguides a blind person on the way. And all the people answer. Now remember, every time they're facing back and forth, facing Mount Griezim, facing Mount Ail. Now, whatever they say in the negative curse, they would face Mount Griezman and say in the positive and the affirmation, blessed. Though the verse doesn't mention each one of them. somebody who's blind. It doesn't necessarily only mean a blind person literally, but even giving a person bad advice to be able that he should stumble. Verse 19, curse be the one who perverts the judgment of the convert and of the orphan and the widow. And everybody would answer a mean as we said previously. Now they would face Mount Griezmann and believe it would say blessed is one of the next case because he only brings the negative. So blessed is one who does not who is not intimate with his father's um with his father's wife. Now verse 20. Cursed is one who fornicates with his father's wife because he he figuratively uncovered the corner of his father's garment. A mean and everyone all the people would say a mean. Verse 21. Cursed be the one who engages in relations with an animal. And all the people will say amen. As mentioned by each time they would say the positive, the blessings facing hard grieim and the curses and the negative facing mount AI. Cursed be the one who engages in relations with uh his mother-in-law. I'm sorry. Either with his sister. Oh, cursed be the one who who has relations with his sister. Now whether whether a sister for daughter of the father sister of the or a daughter of the mother and everybody will answer a mean curse be the one who has relations with his mother-in-law a and everybody will answer a mean all the people will say amen. Verse 24 cursed be the one who strikes his fellow in secret and everybody will say amen. What does it mean hitting somebody in secret? Rashi says this refers to this is referring to slander because you're talking about the other fellow and he doesn't know about it. So it's as if you're hitting the person in secret. I saw this in the uh book from whash quotes many times and he says as follows. If you notice here, there's 11 times that the Torah uses the one curse be the one besides the last one which it doesn't say one who doesn't keep this is going toward it's the 11 tribes except the tribe of Shim because when it comes to the tribe of Shim it does not say cursed because he did not have in his heart. Moshe did not want to bless him before he died when he blessed all the other tribes because of the story that happened with Zim and he did not want to bless him because of that terrible desecration of God's name. So therefore therefore he didn't want to curse him as well. Meaning I'm not going to curse him and therefore I'm not going to bless him. So he shouldn't be just with a curse and not with a blessing. Verse 26, cursed be the one who does not I'm sorry or verse 25 curse be the one who takes a bribe to put an innocent person innocent person to death and everybody would answer verse 26 cursed be the one who does not follow the words of does not uphold the words of this Torah then fulfilling them And everybody would answer, "Amen." In this case, this includes in general about all the mitzvah of the Torah that the Jewish people accepted of them upon this by a curse and with the oath that they will follow the commandments. This is a covenant that they enter the promise and the oath that they make that they will follow the laws. Now, the Torah goes on to tell us the blessing and the consequences for following God's commandments and if God forbid not. Chapter 28 verse one. And if you obey your God and you safeguard his commandments last to safeguard and to do as call of all the commandments that I command you today, and God will make you great, will place you supreme and all the nations of the earth. Verse two, and all the blessings, all the following blessings will pursue you and overtake you because you will follow in the voice of God your God. You obey what Hashem tells you. Verse three, blessed are you in the city and blessed are you in the field. Blessed are you the fruits of your womb and the fruits of your soil and the fruits of your livestock, the offspring of your cattle, the offspring of your cattle and the choice of your flock. This means the cattle, the offsprings of your cattle that that the animal gives as a gift from its womb. the choice of your cattle. Why were they called from the word wealth? Because they were the supreme, the best cattle. So therefore, they would make their owners wealthy because either because they were able to sell them for a lot of money or because they were good work and they were able to do a lot for the owner. like these stones that he said by and was giant that it was called that he was living in a very um difficult place to conquer. It was very popular was strong. It was a choice a good place to live. So to these flock are very good. Blessed will be your basket and your kneading bowl. This is referring to your fruit and your dough. When it talks about your basket, it's referring to the soft something liquidy in uh in the fruit for example wine oil that you have to see. You have to put through a se basket and whatever comes out through the holes in the baskets you're able to catch is referring something dry like nuts, raisins um and it's called and the word leftovers of that it's not something that flows out of the basket. It actually stays in there. You don't have to worry about it going out. Verse six, blessed are you when you enter and blessed are you when you depart. Rashi, what does this mean? So simple interpretation means that you're blessed when you walk in into your home and when you go out of your home. However, another explanation when you pass from this world, it should be without a sin. Just like when you entered the world, you entered without sin. So to when you leave this world should also be without sin. This concludes the fifth Torah reading of Pares Kisaf.