Comentario sobre Levítico 26:15

ואם בחקתי תמאסו AND IF YE WILL SCORN MY ORDINANCES — scorn those who practise them.

AND IF YE SHALL REJECT MY STATUTES. Because “statutes” are commandments the reasons for which have not been revealed to the majority of the people,⁸⁵To the “majority of the people” the reasons for “the statutes” have not been revealed, but actually there are reasons for each and every precept of the Torah. See Ramban on Deuteronomy 22:6, where he develops this theme at great length. therefore fools reject them, saying: “Why does G-d desire that I should not wear this garment which is woven with threads of linen and of blue wool?⁸⁶See above, 19:19. And how do we benefit by burning the [Red] Heifer, and sprinkling upon us the ashes thereof?”⁸⁷See Numbers Chapter 19. The “ordinances,” however, everyone desires and everyone needs, for there can be no civilized life for any people or country without ordinances. No one will reject the ordinances of: he that smiteth a man so that he dieth;⁸⁸Exodus 21:12. and if men strive together;⁸⁹Ibid., Verse 22. and the laws of the ox and the pit⁹⁰Ibid., Verses 28-37. and the [four] guardians,⁹¹Ibid., 22:6-14. and so on. However, the judgment that we execute upon those who transgress the commandments, such as one who has forbidden sexual intercourse, or profanes the Sabbath, or does [the sorcery of] the ov or yid’oni⁹²Above, 19:31. See “The Commandments,” Vol. II, pp. 9-11. they will despise, because of [the necessity of keeping these] commandments, which constitute a heavy yoke upon the wicked. Therefore He said, and if your soul abhor Mine ordinances so that ye will not do all My commandments,⁹³Verse 15 before us. for their abhorrence of the “ordinances” is in order that they should not keep the commandments.⁹⁴In other words, they reject even the rational parts of the Torah in order to “free” themselves entirely of the commandments which they find a burden to keep.

ואם בחקותי תמאסו, that you do not only ignore them but actively despise them;