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Abarbanel on Torah
Abarbanel on Torah — Sefaria Community Translation
Unverified edition · LEV-26
Reading language: eng · Original language (catalog): English
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Abarbanel on Torah, Leviticus 26:3:1
If you walk in my statutes (Lev. 26:3) - Many questions can be asked.
Abarbanel on Torah, Leviticus 26:3:2
The first one is: Why is the reward for keeping Torah and mitzvot all physical things, as written in this covenant, and not soul perfection, and spiritual reward in the afterlife, given that death is the end of all humans, and the true measure of their success and essential goodness? Also, the enemies have gone out of their gates and lied, pointing out to this verse as the proof that there is no spiritual reward for Israel after death because of this. And also this is difficult: how would the produce given according to the observance of mitzvot, since the reward to the one who observes the mitzvah is rain on the land, in its time, but for the sinner that the sky would close, and rain would not fall? And I will after this recall the opinions of the sages in this matter.
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