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In the first three p’sukim of R’ei (Devarim 11:26-28), discussing the blessing and curses presented to the people, with the hope of their choosing the way of Hashem and blessing, each pasuk uses the word “hayom” (today). Why was the event so crucial, and why is “today” stressed? According to the Sifrei, it is not referring to a specific day. Rather, every day, a Jew has to choose between these paths. In a midrash, R. Eliezer says that the repetition of hayom connects this event to the time of Hashem’s end-of-days judgment for the world (see Malachi 3:19-24). According to this, the event described in these p’sukim has still not occurred, but will occur when the final redemption will come. Some early commentators connect our opening to that which would later happen on Har Grizim and Har Eival, when the blessings and curses were presented in an impactful ceremony right after Yehoshua brought the nation into Eretz Yisrael. This is first commanded in the neighboring p’sukim in R’ei (Devarim 11:29-32) We will try to strengthen this approach among the commentators and humbly suggest added elements. There are linguistic similarities found in the context of that commandment. The longer, detailed commandment of the blessings and curses on those mountains, along with the writing of the Torah on special stones, is found closer to the end of Sefer Devarim (all 26 p’sukim of Devarim 27). Interestingly, there too, hayom appears exactly three times. The phrases, “all of the statutes and ordinances” and “all the words of this Torah” also unite these Torah sections. If so, we assume that “today” is the same day and the same event. The fulfillment of this acceptance of the covenant is described poignantly in Yehoshua 8:30-35). It includes not only the blessings and curses, but also the erection of the altars, the bringing of sacrifices, and the writing on the stones. (We point out that the altar on Mt. Eival was uncovered in our generation. It was an architectural find like none other in the world.) This formative event at Grizim-Eival occurred after the entry into the Land. It contained an element of a minor playback, for the new generation, of the acceptance of the mitzvot at Sinai. The parts of the Tribe of Ephrayim that remained in the Land during most of the exile in Egypt got to play host for this wonderful happening. They already had control over this part of the Shomron; it did not need to be captured. Therefore, there was no security threat preventing the people to come on such short notice. The members of Ephrayim and their compatriots also had a special confirmation of the covenant with Hashem, which is described in the last chapter of Yehoshua. It took place in Shechem, at the place where altars were built already at the time of the patriarchs. The decision to choose good and blessing, presented so clearly at Mt. Grizim and Mt. Eival, has served as the nation’s “calling card” from then until the coming of Mashiach. We pray that we will merit to see the whole nation embrace proper actions, accepting Hashem’s dominion with love, along with love for our fellow Jew throughout elements of the nation, which is a condition for the full redemption.
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