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#65: It's Crazy Time!

#65: It's Crazy Time!

Netziv on Parashat Ki Tavo, Devarim/Deuteronomy 28:35

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Sep 15, 2022
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until you are driven mad by what your eyes behold.

—Devarim/Deuteronomy 28:35

After the blessings in Parashat Ki Tavo come a long section known as the תּוֹכְחָה (tokheḥah), which means rebuke. This rebuke consists of a long list of curses that will strike those who disobey God’s laws. Most of them pertain to either illness,…

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