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Bechukotai: Blessings, Curses, and Covenant
Leviticus 26 presents God's promise of blessings for observing His statutes and commandments, alongside detailed warnings of escalating punishments for disobedience. Classical Jewish sources interpret these passages through multiple lenses: as miracles hidden within natural order, as demands for intense Torah study, and as expressions of divine love and unconditional devotion.
אִם־בְּחֻקֹּתַי תֵּלֵכוּ וְאֶת־מִצְוֺתַי תִּשְׁמְרוּ
Yaakov's Name With the Extra Vav Letter
These sources identify the five biblical verses where Yaakov's name is spelled with a vav (יַעֲקוֹב)—a fuller spelling typically associated with Esau—and explore the rabbinic and kabbalistic traditions explaining this orthographic anomaly, including a midrashic connection to a covenant between Yaakov and Eliyahu.
וְזָכַרְתִּי אֶת־בְּרִיתִי יַעֲקוֹב