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 Shabbos Stash 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.
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