Behar
The pasuk that commands us regarding shemittah begins in plural and changes to singular: "Ki savo'u -- When you (plural) come into the land...shanim tizra sadecha -- for six years you (singular) should sow your field." Why the change? Also, why does the wording make it seem like it's an obligation to sow the field when we know the mitzvah is to let the land lay fallow in the seventh year for shmittah?
After Moshiach comes, says the Zera Shimshon, the world will revert back to the likes of Adam HaRishon kodem hacheit and we will not have to work for parnossa. However, a Jew that is not on this level of acting righteously and therefore is not zoche to this bracha, he will have to work, ie. plow the the fields for six years. This is why this part of the pasuk is written in singular. Only the individual that is not living his life accordingly will have to work.
After Moshiach comes, says the Zera Shimshon, the world will revert back to the likes of Adam HaRishon kodem hacheit and we will not have to work for parnossa. However, a Jew that is not on this level of acting righteously and therefore is not zoche to this bracha, he will have to work, ie. plow the the fields for six years. This is why this part of the pasuk is written in singular. Only the individual that is not living his life accordingly will have to work.
Bechukosai
The Torah says, "go in My statues," "observe My commandments," "perform them." When it gets to the klalos one might expect it to follow this pattern and say, "If you don't go in My statutes," "if you don't observe My commandments," etc., but it uses different terms instead.
The Zera Shimshon questions why the Torah seemingly repeats itself and why the lashonos with the klalos are different than that of the brachos.
He goes on to explain that every person is obligated to love mitzvos and hate aveiros. If he doesn't love mitzvos he may may not have the excitement and energy to fulfill them properly. If he doesn't he aveiros he can easily slip up and sin without intending to. Emotions play a large role in our actions.
The pasuk repeats itself to make a point. "If you will go in My statutes" refers to feeling hatred for aveiros, and "observing My commandments" is about loving mitzvos. If we reach this level of love for mitzvos and hate for aveiros then we will reach the level of "performing them" properly.
The language when it comes to the klalos is different, because it is saying that if you don't reach this level of "performing them" properly (loving mitzvos and hating aveiros) it will bring you to a situation in which you do not listen to Me.
Carelessness within mitzva observance is a slippery slope and once someone stops caring about committing transgressions, he might even come to the place where he finds mitzvos repulsive.
This is why the parsha tells us that if it comes to the situation in which Klal Yisroel reaches this stage that Hashem will ch"vsh act to us in the same fashion and come to hate us and give us anything good at all.
Source: Zera Shimshon Parshios Behar, Bechukosai
The Zera Shimshon questions why the Torah seemingly repeats itself and why the lashonos with the klalos are different than that of the brachos.
He goes on to explain that every person is obligated to love mitzvos and hate aveiros. If he doesn't love mitzvos he may may not have the excitement and energy to fulfill them properly. If he doesn't he aveiros he can easily slip up and sin without intending to. Emotions play a large role in our actions.
The pasuk repeats itself to make a point. "If you will go in My statutes" refers to feeling hatred for aveiros, and "observing My commandments" is about loving mitzvos. If we reach this level of love for mitzvos and hate for aveiros then we will reach the level of "performing them" properly.
The language when it comes to the klalos is different, because it is saying that if you don't reach this level of "performing them" properly (loving mitzvos and hating aveiros) it will bring you to a situation in which you do not listen to Me.
Carelessness within mitzva observance is a slippery slope and once someone stops caring about committing transgressions, he might even come to the place where he finds mitzvos repulsive.
This is why the parsha tells us that if it comes to the situation in which Klal Yisroel reaches this stage that Hashem will ch"vsh act to us in the same fashion and come to hate us and give us anything good at all.
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