Shnayim Yomi - Ki Tavo - R'vi'i - #4 - Reb Eliav Friedman - Establishing the Balance

Review of Parshas Ki Savo. Slightly longer earlier, it's like 10 11 pesukim. Guys, it's getting it's getting Don't worry, it's coming. The big one's coming later. We have the setup for the huge There's going to be an amazing scene here with brochos and klalos and the whole thing. First, they're going to go into Eretz Yisrael. Before you go into Eretz Yisrael, you're going to take huge stones and you're going to write the entire Torah on on on it. By Eretz Yisrael, it's going to be super clear, maybe even shiv'im lashon. And then you're going to bring it across and you're going to go to You're going to go to Har Eival. When you get to Har Eival, I want you to build a mizbeach on Har Eival. The Torah tells us the Kodesh Baruch Hu tells Kodesh Baruch Hu tells Klal Yisrael what they're going to do the name of a Kodesh Baruch Hu. You're going to build a mizbeach and you're going to bring olos u'zvachim shlamim v'achalta sham v'samachta lifnei Hashem Elokecha. And you're going to be zavei'ach shlamim you're going to carbon shlamim and you're going to eat there v'samachta lifnei Hashem Elokecha. And Moshe finds in Ze Hashem Elokecha as a question in Sefer Devarim Moshe. Hold on a second. There are two mountains. It's Har Gerizim and Har Eival. Har Gerizim, that's where they put the brochos. Har Eival, that's where they put the klalos. Where are we putting the mizbeach? We're putting the mizbeach on Har Eival. It Go Go convince me that if you had to choose, are you going to put a mizbeach in a brocha place or a klala place? Where are you going to put it? Why would you put it in Har Eival? That's a Moshe's question. Why put it in Har Eival? Why not put it in Har Gerizim? So if Moshe says if a person just has a brocha, the promise of brocha, it's possible that what's going to happen is that he'll say there's a reward for doing mitzvos and there's a reward right now that I can have this kishmaka thing, this kishmaka kishmaka oser thing, and I'm going to go with the pleasure now and ignore the pleasure later. You have to know there's there's a punishment if you do something wrong. There's klalos if you do things in a way that you're not supposed to do it. There's consequences to your action. Only once there's that appreciation of the balance of the carrot and the stick. There's a balance I know there's brocha if I do right and klala if I do wrong. Now I'm set up for success on avodas Hashem. Now I'm in position to to do things in the best way possible. That's why v'zavachta shlamim v'achalta sham v'samachta lifnei Hashem Elokecha. The real simcha comes when I know that I'm in position. I have everything I need to serve Hashem properly. That's only once I have the brush and the cloth in my back pocket.