Questions tagged [ki-tavo]
The weekly Torah portion of Ki Tavo (Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8)
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How G-d can be cursing His sons (and spouse)?
To continue "what-is-the-meaning-of-curses,
Traditionally we compare our relations with Hashem to three types/levels: servants, sons (אם כבנים ואם כעבדים), and spouse (שה"ש).
While I can imagine ...
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In reward-and-punishment system, what is the meaning of curses?
In Sefer Dvorim the Torah does not spare curses for general misbehaving or misbelieving, etc. In my understanding, the Torah presents a clear system of reward and punishment (Rambam's principles) - do ...
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Source for Red Apples?
Rav Yisroel Reisman (Ki Savo 5775) mentions an interesting concept for dipping apples in honey,
The Mechabeir says that a sweet apple is typically red. I have seen
those who wonder of why we use ...
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What is the meaning of "Cursed be..."?
For example: "Cursed be he who perverts the judgment of the stranger, the orphan, or the widow. And all the people shall say, Amen!"
Do we have any idea what the curse consists of?
There are many ...
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Why is Moshe's version of the tochacha longer than God's?
The version of the tochacha (warnings / "curses") in parshat Ki Tavo are much longer (i.e. occupy almost double as many verses) as the ones in parshat Bechukotai.
I am assuming that nearly all the ...
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Why cannot a convert make certain statements? I feel they are being pushed away at the same time respect is being given to them
It is stated that a convert is in the same regard considered a Jew as a native born. Rashi on Dvarim 26:11 states that a convert cannot recite the declaration כי באתי אל הארץ נשמע ה׳ לאבתינו לתת לנו. ...
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Does the Tokhacha (Leviticus 26:14-41; Deuteronomy 28:15-68) apply to the Holocaust?
Does the curse of the Law (Leviticus 26:14-41 and Deuteronomy 28:15-68) apply in some way to the Shoah/Holocaust? Likewise, the prayer of Daniel in Daniel 9:4-19, in which he does not blame the ...
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Why does מורא גדול and nothing else in the verse refer to גלוי שכינה?
In the Haggadah, we quote the Sifre's exegesis of Deut. 26:8 (in which I've boldfaced quotations from the verse itself):
And God removed us [from Egypt] …
with a strong hand — this refers to the ...
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What are the 49 curses and the 98 curses?
Specifically, I am looking for an official list and breakdown of both sets of curses so I can compare the two. And ideally an existing comparison of both.
I know there are 49 in Vayikra (parsha ...
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Why does the Torah mention the idea of illnesses that are NOT in the Torah?
In enumerating the "curses" that would occur if we do not perform mitzvoth, Devarim 28:61 says:
"גַּם כָּל־חֳלִי וְכָל־מַכָּה אֲשֶׁר לֹא כָתוּב בְּסֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת יַעְלֵם ה' ...
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Why were the curses written and not the blessings?
In the middle of Parshas Ki Savo (Devarim 27:12-26), the Torah details the procedure wherein when Bnai Yisrael enter Eretz Yisrael, they say a parallel series of blessings and curses when standing ...
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How did the Israelites worship without bread and wine for 40 years?
At the end of Parahas Ki Tavo we read that for 40 years the Israelites did not have bread or wine. The seventh aliya says (Devarim 29:5), "You neither ate bread, nor drank new wine or old wine, ...
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Why did Reuven and Zevulun have to stand on Mount Ebal?
During the blessings and curses in parashas Ki Tavo, why were Reuven and Zevulun, in particular, sent to Mount Ebal? (They were the only two tribes descended from Rochel and Leah who were sent to that ...
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Where did the Leviim stand during the Blessings and Curses?
Did the Leviim stand on Mount Gerizim, or between the two mountains--in Shechem--or some of both? (Compare the linked chumash with "The area between the two mountains is enclosed, the Ark is situated ...
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Who pronounced the Curses?
In the blessings and curses in Ki Tavo, who pronounced the curses: the Levi'im, Yeshoshua, or both?
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