I am referring to the fact that whenever Bnei Yisrael are given blessings and curses for followingHaShem’s Mitzvos or not (respectively), the blessings are always put first. Although the following is true of the sedras of Bechukosai and Ki Savo too, the first time I noticed it was in our sedra. This idea of stressing the positive has several expressions in the Torah and Chazal.įirst, to our sedra. In fact, on Wednesday it was the Chofetz Chaim’s yartzheit, which makes this idea a more meaningful and pertinent undertaking. We said that this is a great way to build up towards Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur, when we are looking for HaShem to show mercy and good favour to us in judgment. The Chofetz Chaim quotes a midrash that if one speaks good and positively of other people, the angels will speak good of you to HaShem. This week, we are simply going to re-stress a bit of advice that we mentioned two weeks ago, finding new impetus and depth to it from our sedra and beyond. But as one of my friends used to say to me, good things come in small packages. It is a really short sedra this week with 40 psukim, it’s more of a rugby score than the usual cricket score.
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