Leviticus/Vayikra 26:3 | If you walk according to my laws (chukim), and guard and complete my commandments (mitzvot), | אִם־בְּחֻקֹּתַי תֵּלֵכוּ וְאֶת־מִצְוֺתַי תִּשְׁמְרוּ וַעֲשִׂיתֶם אֹתָם׃ |
26:4 | I will give you rain at the appointed seasons, so that the land (of Israel) will give its produce, and the trees will give their fruit. | וְנָתַתִּי גִשְׁמֵיכֶם בְּעִתָּם וְנָתְנָה הָאָרֶץ יְבוּלָהּ וְעֵץ הַשָּׂדֶה יִתֵּן פִּרְיוֹ׃ |
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26:14 | But if you do not listen to me, and fulfill all of these commandments (mitzvot); | וְאִם־לֹא תִשְׁמְעוּ לִי וְלֹא תַעֲשׂוּ אֵת כׇּל־הַמִּצְוֺת הָאֵלֶּה׃ |
26:15 | And if you get tired of my laws, and my rules disgust your souls, such that you stop keeping all of my mitzvot, and violate my covenant; | וְאִם־בְּחֻקֹּתַי תִּמְאָסוּ וְאִם אֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַי תִּגְעַל נַפְשְׁכֶם לְבִלְתִּי עֲשׂוֹת אֶת־כׇּל־מִצְוֺתַי לְהַפְרְכֶם אֶת־בְּרִיתִי׃ |
26:16 | [I will punish you severely…] | אַף־אֲנִי אֶעֱשֶׂה־זֹּאת לָכֶם וְהִפְקַדְתִּי עֲלֵיכֶם בֶּהָלָה אֶת־הַשַּׁחֶפֶת וְאֶת־הַקַּדַּחַת מְכַלּוֹת עֵינַיִם וּמְדִיבֹת נָפֶשׁ וּזְרַעְתֶּם לָרִיק זַרְעֲכֶם וַאֲכָלֻהוּ אֹיְבֵיכֶם׃ |
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26:41 | … then at last your heart which until then had forgotten the covenant (literally “heart with a foreskin”), will give up and seek to atone. | …אוֹ־אָז יִכָּנַע לְבָבָם הֶעָרֵל וְאָז יִרְצוּ אֶת־עֲוֺנָם׃ |
26:42 | And I will remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, an also my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land [of Israel; | וְזָכַרְתִּי אֶת־בְּרִיתִי יַעֲקוֹב וְאַף אֶת־בְּרִיתִי יִצְחָק וְאַף אֶת־בְּרִיתִי אַבְרָהָם אֶזְכֹּר וְהָאָרֶץ אֶזְכֹּר׃ |
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26:44 | Yet even while the are in their enemies’ land, I will not be sick of them, and will not renege on my covenant with the because I am Ado-nai, their god; | וְאַף־גַּם־זֹאת בִּהְיוֹתָם בְּאֶרֶץ אֹיְבֵיהֶם לֹא־מְאַסְתִּים וְלֹא־גְעַלְתִּים לְכַלֹּתָם לְהָפֵר בְּרִיתִי אִתָּם כִּי אֲנִי יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיהֶם׃ |
26:45 | And I will be mindful of the original covenant, that I took them out of the land of Egypt, in view of all of the nations, to be their god. I am Ado-nai. | וְזָכַרְתִּי לָהֶם בְּרִית רִאשֹׁנִים אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתִי־אֹתָם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם לְעֵינֵי הַגּוֹיִם לִהְיוֹת לָהֶם לֵאלֹהִים אֲנִי יְהֹוָה׃ |
In this very simple Nature’s Nosh Parsha Nosh, we arrange two pretzels and two jelly beans to show that there is a correct path to follow, and, conversely, an incorrect path.
Perhaps one would want to add a path back to the Green… after all… it is never too late to get back on the right path.
Ingredients as shown:
- 1 stalk celery
- 1 green pepper
- 1 red pepper
Tools:
- Knife
- Cutting Board
Instructions:
- Cut the celery stalk from a few inches before the narrowest side all the way through the wider side. The stalk will naturally split.
2. Cut the green pepper as shown, to point the RIGHT way.
3. Cut a strip of red pepper to show the WRONG way.
4. Arrange to show we have a choice which way to go.
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