Parashas Ki Tavo :- The Shabbos Parsha this Shabbos is Parashas " Ki Tavo " and this Sedra is a beautiful continuation of the last Parsha , as I mentioned there , where in the last Parsha , " Ki Seitzei , " if one goes out from HaShem , Chas Ve Shalom , one removes oneself from Blessings , but if one " Ki Tavo , " Enters into or comes close to HaShem , then one brings oneself to Blessings and one Is then Sweetly Blessed By HaShem , The Source Of All Blessings . The Haftorah for Parshas Ki Tavo is Yeshayahu Isaiah 60 : 1 - 22 . This Haftorah begins by speaking of How HaShem Returns To us And Shines Upon us , which is such a fitting Response From HaShem , when we " Ki Tavo , " - " Enter Back Into , " HaShem's Commandments and Love . This Parsha begins , by telling us that when we " Ki Tavo , " - " Enter " the Land That HaShem our G-D Gives us , as an inheritance and when we possess it and dwell in it , that we are to take the First Fruits and bring them to the Place that HaShem Chooses , coming to the Kohein in the days we bring it and make the declaration that is written in this Parsha Devarim 26 : verses 5 - 10 . This was such a beautiful procession that people used to make to Yerushalayim , with their baskets . It was certainly such a special sigh to behold , as they walked in procession , playing their flutes and lyres and singing along the way. They needed be very careful not to stay within lodgings , along the way , lest there be contamination within the lodging , as this could , Chas Ve Shalom , contaminate their First Fruits , that they were bringing to Yerushalayim . There was even a special order in which they would pack their First-Fruits Bikkurim in the baskets . Chazal says that these Bikkurim comprised the seven species for which Eretz Yisrael is Blessed with , which are Grapes , Figs , Pomegranates , Dates , Wheat , Barley and Olives . As the procession neared a city , people in that city would joyously go out to welcome the travelers as they passed , with songs and dances and blessings . This would take place from city to city , until the procession arrived at the outskirts of Yerushalayim , when people from the Holy City would go out in lines , to welcome them . When the travelers come to the Temple , they were to make the declaration as stated , before the Kohein and so give their Bikkurim and thank HaShem for Watching Over us And For Making us a great and populous nation And Hearing our afflictions And For Taking us Out of Mitzrayim With a Strong Hand And An Outstretched Arm , With Great Awesomeness and With Signs and Wonders and Bringing us to Eretz Yisrael and Giving us This Land , a Land that flows with Milk and Honey , and so , with these beautiful processions , we could thank HaShem , for all His Bounty and Holy Goodness , when we would bring the Bikkurim of our Land That HaShem Gave us . The Laws of bringing Bikkurim , was such a holy concept , for , like Judaism , that it is a part of , it teaches how all things Come From HaShem , And HaShem Comes First , in all things , where a farmer , who waited years for his crops and fruit to grow , as soon as it does , and the first of the fruits blossom , he ties a ribbon around the branch to designate that blossom fruit as First Fruit , and so puts his own want aside and long wait for the fruit to grow , and Remembers HaShem First , To Whom , is due the First Fruits of his Blessings From HaShem . The travelers would spend the night in Yerushalayim and so , take in the Holiness of the Temple Surroundings , the Avodah Work of the Kohanim , and the Holiness of the Holy City . HaShem Then Speaks Of Ma'aser Tithes and the declaration made when giving Ma'aser . HaShem Wants us to be with Him , inseparable from Him , and thus must we be forever holy , keeping His Commandments And Statutes Always and forever walking in His Ways , observing His Decrees , His Commandments And His Statutes , and Hearkening to His Voice . HaShem Distinguished us to be for Him , a treasured people , As He Spoke To us , observing His Commandments , For HaShem Made us supreme over all the nations That HaShem Made ( Devarim 26 : 19 ) , for praise , for renown and for splendor , and so that we " will be a holy people to HaShem , our G-D , As HaShem Spoke . " HaShem Then Commands , that when we go over the Jordan , we are to set up large stones and coat them with plaster , and upon these stones , HaShem Commanded That we put on the stones , all the words of this Torah . That was quite a miracle , for to fit the entire Torah on these stones , was only a feat , That HaShem Could Accomplish . Our Rabbonim discuss this point in detail , and some think that it was the Taryag Mitzvos , the enumeration of the 613 Commandments of the Torah that were put on these stones . Other Rabbonim think that it may have been the Blessings and the Curses , that are still to follow in this Parsha . But , With HaShem , all things are possible and so , if Moshe was Commanded that all the words of this Torah , were to be inscribed on the stones , then HaShem Would Make it possible , that the entire Holy Torah , could be inscribed upon them . And so , As HaShem Commanded when we entered the Holy Land under the leadership of Yehoshuah Joshua With Help From HaShem , after we went over the Jordan , Yehoshuah Joshua obeyed HaShem , and this Commandment was carried out , and so these stones stood as a testimony that who ever enters the Land of Israel , is to strictly keep HaShem's Holy Torah and every Commandment within It , for these stones were put at the entry into Israel . Israel is to forever be a Land where its inhabitants keep the Holy Torah . That Is What HaShem Commands and we are all to listen . Our Rabbonim say , that the Torah was also , on these stones , put in all the 70 languages of the nations , so they too could follow HaShem's Word and know that staying in the Holy Land , meant strictly adhering to HaShem's Forever Unchanging Laws . Some of the people from the other nations came to view these stones at the time , and even copied or noted down the Laws written on them , for HaShem Tells us That His Laws Are Forever and all those who want to be faithful to HaShem , need to abide by HaShem's Wish . Our Rabbis teach us that these stones were coated with plaster just in case the other nations may come and try to change the Laws that were inscribed on them . It is only to HaShem And His Voice , that we are to hearken to and it is only HaShem's Laws And Commandments And Decrees , that we are to obey . HaShem Then Commands , that when we enter the Land of Eretz Yisrael , that we are to stand Six Tribes on Mount Gerizim to bless the people and Six Tribes on Mount Eival , standing for the curse , while the Levites remain down in the valley in between these two Mountains at the entry into Eretz Yisrael , and the Levites shall speak up and say to both the set of Six Tribes these proclamations that are in The Holy Torah , and the Tribes are to repeat the words written here in this section of the Torah , which was first said as a Blessing for those that keep the verse mentioned , and then said as an " Accursed , " for those who do not . Our Rabbonim teach us that these specific Blessings and Curses mentioned , are those that tend to be very easy to commit as Aveirahs , and that also , these specific ones mentioned , are also those Aveirahs that can be committed in secret , That Only HaShem Would Know , and seeing as Only HaShem Knows all , HaShem Would Thus Bring About the Blessing for upholding these , and the punishment for breaking these . So every one of us by doing this process That HaShem Commanded when entering the Land , has thus acknowledged to HaShem that we know that we will be Blessed By HaShem , for keeping His Commandments , and bring down upon ourselves a curse , should we stray from HaShem And His Commandments . It is after this section of this Parasha , That HaShem Mentions all the Brochas Blessings that will come upon us if we hearken to HaShem and His Commandments , and the Tochachah Admonitions, lest we do not listen to HaShem And His Commandments . The more we do not listen To HaShem , the more becomes our punishment , for the further away that we travel from HaShem , the colder we spiritually make ourselves , and the further away we go from HaShem's Blessings and Protection . Thus we ourselves , bring about the curse that comes by the path that goes away from HaShem's Commandments and Ways . We note that in history , so many of these Tochachah have taken place , and a lot of them took place at the time of Rome , when Rome came upon us after our kings strayed , for generations before that . HaShem Brought Upon us , at that time , the result of our negative choices , even though it was us ourselves by our own disobedience and actions , that took us away from HaShem's Loving Protection . But even though we wrong HaShem , And He Sends us punishments , within each punishment , even though we would Get Greater Protection From HaShem , if we would not stray , with HaShem's Merciful Love Always , there is a hidden Blessing even in our hardship and punishment , for in our exile as Jews , we can never be totally destroyed by our enemies , for when we are scattered , we can never be destroyed by a nation's antisemitism , for With HaShem's Help Always , we Jews survive there and elsewhere . We must also always remember that in our punishment , we get to atone for what we have so very wrongly done , and hopefully still get the opportunity to work off our Aveirahs and learn to be more obedient servants of our Beloved HaShem and so , be redeemed at the Eternal End Of Days . HaShem , With Moshe , ends the Parsha reminding us of how we have seen everything That HaShem Did before our eyes in Mitzrayim , to Par'o and all of Pharaoh's servants and land , and all the Miracles That HaShem Performed , and how HaShem Had Moshe lead us for forty years in Bamidbar , and Miraculously , From HaShem , how our garment did not wear out and nor did our shoes from on our feet , and how we arrived at this place where Moshe is speaking , on the borders of the Holy Land And How HaShem Saved us From Sichon and Og And How HaShem Gave us their land as an inheritance to the Reubenite , the Gadite and to half the Tribe of the Manassite . HaShem Through Moshe ends this Sedra by saying , " You shall observe the words of this Covenant , so that you will succeed in all that you do . " This is the secret to life , to observe forever , HaShem's Covenant and Laws forever , no matter how many others try falsely persuade us that things have changed , they have not . The Laws Of HaShem , The Torah of HaShem , is Forever and Ever , never to change . So ends the Parsha . As our previous Parsha and this Parsha teaches us , to go out from " Ki Seitzei / Teitzei " HaShem , is to bring upon us a lack of Brochas , but to come into and come closer to , entering into HaShem's Ways , " Ki Savo / Ki Tavo , " Brings with it , Bountiful Brochas . So again we are reminded of the choice put before us , that the last few Parshas have been teaching us . There is always a choice . If we follow HaShem , we Receive His Beautiful Blessings , but if we choose to turn away from HaShem , we are denied His Beautiful Bountiful Blessings . How Totally Fair Is HaShem . This choice has been given to us since the beginning of Creation When HaShem Created Heaven and Earth , a place for HaShem's Bountiful Blessings - Heaven , and a place of test and to earn Blessings , where on Earth , we get to choose positive or negative ways to live . The Choice is always before us - just like it was for Adam Ve Chavah , to either listen to HaShem and receive Shamaim Heaven or to disobey HaShem , Chas Ve Shalom , and so , get punished and go into exile , further away from HaShem's Closeness , which is Earth . This choice From HaShem , has always been with us , since the Beginning . This choice was again clearly made to us when we entered the Land of Israel , and had to stand on two Mountains . The very names of the Mountains show us this . The Mountain on which was for the Blessings , was Mount Gerizim . The Hebrew word ' Garuz ' means , ' Greasing , ' ( Zilberman Dictionary ) and can refer to the Blessings of Oil that gets put on certain offerings and as we know , richness and abundance comes from the possession of Oil , as we know Asher's Tribe was Blessed with Olive Trees and Olive Oil , A Great Blessing From HaShem . Oil , like Olive Oil that is sweet , is also like being Showered With HaShem's Sweet Love . Oil is also reminiscent of the Holy Anointment Oil , which is as if to say , We Jews , if we keep HaShem's Commandments , We Are Blessed And Anointed Into HaShem's Holy Service . The other Mountain where the curses responded to , was Mount Eival , where , if we look into the Hebrew of this word , it spells , ' Ei ' and ' ' Bal , ' where ' Ei ' refers to the ' Eye of ' and ' Bal ' means either ' Do Not or Without , ' and ' the Hebrew word ' Be'lo ' ( Zilberman Dictionary ) , for being cursed , and not Blessed is certainly a reminder of the Things HaShem Said to us ' Do Not ' do , and not receiving HaShem's Blessings , is certainly being ' Without ' them .So here again , even on the Mountains that are peaks that would appear to be places that go higher , than the Valley in between , where the Levites would stay , even these Mountains names , give testimony to HaShem Telling us That if we listen to and hearken to all That HaShem Tells us to do and Keep HaShem's Commandments , then we will be Blessed , but if we disobey , and not listen to HaShem's Commandments , then we will most certainly lose the opportunity From HaShem , Of His Many Beautiful Brochas Blessings . We can either choose to step closer every moment to HaShem , or we can waste our lives , by straying , and thus waste the Beautiful Holy Opportunity for Life , That HaShem Has Given us . The Choice is ours and so is the result that follows it . So let us really choose wisely , and never waste a single moment of the life That HaShem Has Given us , to grow into the Holy Creations , That HaShem Made us to be , and forever , follow HaShem HaKadosh Baruch Hu , HaShem The Holy One Blessed Be He , always with Love and Faithfulness , and so , do our part , in completing Creation's Intention for us , and so , be forever living , within The Everlasting Arms of HaShem , and in Gan Eiden and The End Of Days , with HaShem . Each of our steps , that we take can either lead to Shamaim Heaven , or away from it . The choice is and has always been ours . So let us make very sure that each step that we do take , always leads closer and toward our Beloved and Ever Loving HaShem . I wish HaShem With Sweetest And Deepest Love , a Most Special And Ever Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh With So Much Love , and to all of my fellow Jews and to all of Creation , a Most Special and Ever Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love .