Israel’s Attachment to the Land

This week’s Parsha, בחוקותי, ends ספר ויקרא and has the first תוכחה, rebuke. In this case, blessings and curses are mentioned in the plural. In the second תוכחה in כי תבוא it is said in singular.

One of the interesting verses says והשמתי אני את הארץ, , “that I will leave the land desolate.”

Rabbi Soloveitchik points out that enemies of Israel will also not find gratification from the land. Only Israel can make the land produce. Christians, Muslims, Crusaders, were all drawn to Israel, and all failed. The land changed hands so many times, but nobody developed it agriculturally, industrially, or scientifically.

Seeing the abundance of beautiful produce in Israel today is a clear proof of Hashem’s great blessing, the fulfillment of prophecy, and attests to the special relationship between Hashem and the Jewish people. Shabbat Shalom