Reeh - 2023

Chevre, this week’s parsha is רְאֵה (Re’eh). We start with blessings curses. If you follow the commandments and are well architected, you’ll be able to stay in the land and in the cloud. We have the reiteration to “perform” the blessings and curses on Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal. What is strinking about these mounts, we know where they are (and I’ve been to Mount Gerizim) is that one is lush and wooded and the other is barren. So these are a perfect place to have Am Yisrael split up amongst the 2 mountains and to actually see the impact of blessings (performing mitzvot, being well architected) and the impact of the curses (going after other gods, having high costs and being susceptible to hacking). In our cloud journeys and in our lives, we need to remember what path is the right path and use the mitzvot and well architected as our guides in the often difficult to define (LOTS of shades of grey, no black and white) paths of life. Shabbat Shalom.