[thereisone] The Most Horrible Curses in the World!
- From: Gutman Locks <locks.gutman@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 06:19:40 +0300
The Most Horrible Curses in the World!
This week’s Torah portion[i] lists the most gruesome curses a Jew
could possibly imagine; each one more horrible than the one before it. They
are hard to read let alone look back on our history and see that they
actually happened.
What disgusting sin could we possibly have done or (G-d forbid) could
we possibly do that would bring about such horrible things? No one could
have done anything that evil.
The Torah tells us what we did. The curses are listed twice. Here and
in the book of Deuteronomy. The second time they are listed the Torah tells
us exactly what we did that brought them. They came “…because you did not
serve Hashem, your G-d, amid gladness and goodness of heart, when
everything was abundant.”[ii]
We were serving. It does not say that the curses came because we
refused to serve G-d. It says that even when everything was good for us we
did not serve Him *with joy*.
G-d wants His children to be happy. Every father wants his children to
be happy. And when even an earthly father gives his child whatever he needs
and still sees the child serving him reluctantly or with sorrow, the father
gets angry with the child.
G-d wants us to be happy so He gives us what we need. No, we do not
get everything on our dream list. We get the things that are best for us
and have earned.
G-d wants us to be happy, especially when we are doing a *mitzvah*.
Then, when He sees that we are following His instructions happily He will
be able to give us even more.
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[i] Leviticus 26, *Bechukosai*
[ii] Deuteronomy 28:47
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