Комментарий о цитате к Дварим 28:3

כאשר דבר לך [FOR THE LORD GOD BLESSETH THEE] AS HE PROMISED THEE — and where did He promise you this? In the statement, (Deuteronomy 28:3—12) “Blessed shalt thou be in the city, etc.” (Sifrei Devarim 116:1).

shall respond see my comment on “You shall reply and say” [26: 5]. Our Sages, of blessed memory, have asserted [Soṭa 32a] that this verb indicates that they also uttered blessings corresponding to each of the curses (e.g., “Blessed be the man who does not make a graven or molten image”, et cetera). But the plain sense of the passage is that the abovementioned “blessing” [: 12] refers to the passage “Blessed be you in the city…” [28: 3 ff] whereas the “curse” refers to the contrary passage [28: 16 ff]. There is also a passage in the Book of Joshua [Joshua 8: 34] which indicates that the “blessing” was something that was explicitly written in the Torah.

shall respond see my comment on “You shall reply and say” [26: 5]. Our Sages, of blessed memory, have asserted [Soṭa 32a] that this verb indicates that they also uttered blessings corresponding to each of the curses (e.g., “Blessed be the man who does not make a graven or molten image”, et cetera). But the plain sense of the passage is that the abovementioned “blessing” [: 12] refers to the passage “Blessed be you in the city…” [28: 3 ff] whereas the “curse” refers to the contrary passage [28: 16 ff]. There is also a passage in the Book of Joshua [Joshua 8: 34] which indicates that the “blessing” was something that was explicitly written in the Torah.