1) Ch. 26, v. 3: "Im b'chukosai tei'leichu" If you will go in My statutes The Toras Kohanim says that "walking" in my statutes means toiling in the study of Torah, similar to the command Hashem gave to Avrohom, "Kum his'ha'leich bo'oretz l'orkoh ulrochboh" (Breishis 13:17). What is the comparison of Avrohom's "walking" the length and breadth of the land to "walking" in Hashem's statutes?
2) Ch. 26, v. 9: "Vahakimosi es brisi itchem" And I will establish My covenant with you Rashi writes, "bris chadoshoh," a NEW covenant as you have nullified the first one. The new one will never be negated. Is Rashi actually saying that the original covenant is no longer in force?
3) Ch. 26, v. 40,41: "V'hisvadu es avo'nom b'maalom asher mo'alu vi v'af asher holchu imi b'keri, Af ani eileich imom b'keri" And they will confess their sin in their inequity that they have misbehaved against Me and also that they have to Me with happenstance, I will also respond in kind and act with happenstance Since these people are confessing their sin, why does Hashem respond so negatively?
4) Ch. 26, v. 42: "V'zocharti brisi Yaakov" And I will remember My covenant with Yaakov This verse, one of comfort, seems totally out of place in the middle of this lengthy admonishment.
5) Ch. 27, v. 5: "V'im mi'ben cho'meish shonim v'ad ben esrim shonoh" If he is between five and twenty years old A) From the ages of twenty to sixty years (verses 3 and 4), and from one month to five years (verse 6), the ratio of redemption of male to female is 5 to 3. Above the age of 60 (verse 7) the gap closes, with a 3 to 2 ratio. Why? B) The ratio between male and female between the ages of 5 years and 20 years, is a 2 to 1 ratio. Why is a male so highly assessed during these years?
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