Parshat Bechukotai speaks
about the blessings that will be bestowed upon the Jewish people if they follow
the commandments as well as the curses that will befall them if they don’t
observe the mitzvot.
Two blessings that took place
in
this week specifically stood out in my mind:
The first blessing was to
hear an interview on the radio with Eden Dadon, the fifteen year old girl that
was severely injured in the #12 bus bombing in the Talpiot neighborhood of
who had been sitting closest to the suicide bomber, was severely burned and
unconscious after the attack. She regained consciousness two weeks later and
she is now on the road to recovery.
The second blessing was that Yehuda
Glick, a survivor of an attempted assasination, was sworn into the Knesset this
week. Yehuda was shot four times in the chest by an Islamic Jihad terrorist
(who lived in
when leaving an event at the
Glick is unique in the fact that he is known for ascending the
had the honor of meeting him this past fall.
The greatest blessing in
Parshat Bechukotai is in Vayikra 26:6: “I will grant peace in the land; you
will sleep without fear. I will banish evil beasts from the land, and no sword
shall pass through your land.”
Rashi comments that from here
we learn that peace is equal to all of the other blessings.
May we be blessed with peace
in
and throughout the world.
