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deeds of our great men. The blessing we are promised if we listen to the
Torah should awaken us to open our eyes to the truth.
Why were the blessings and curses given on mountains? The Yetzer Hara
It is the way of the Yetzer Hara to approach a man in the form of a is compared to a mountain, which seems insurmountable from afar. Once
mountain. Whether he is a mountain of blessing or a mountain of curse one has approached it, though, he sees it is nothing but crushable grains
all depends on the person. The Torah delineates the locations of the
mountains in order to awaken us to investigate the source of our actions. of sand.
Do they come from a place of purity and blessing or are they sourced The Torah was given on Har Sinai for the very same reason. The main
in curse? emphasis of the Yetzer Hara is in the area of bitul Torah. One must
Lot was an anomaly. Was he a tzaddik or a rasha? He was motivated to engage him head-on in battle, grinding him to a fine powder.
do mitzvot by his Yetzer Hara, in order to let down his guard and be led “It shall be that when Hashem, your G-d, brings you to the Land to
to the Mountain of Curse.
which you come.” The letters of the word (to which) can be
Hagar’s eyes were opened to the well after she prayed for water. The well transposed to spell the word (Moshe). Moshe’s spirit would
had been there all along, but she saw it only after she prayed. continue to accompany the nation in Eretz Yisrael and infuse them with

the energy to cling to Hashem and His Torah. Moreover, the letters of
the word also spell (Hashem). Whoever learns Torah merits
Hashem’s Presence.

The Yetzer Hara is compared, at times, to the Mountain of Curse (Mount
Eval), and, at times, to the Mountain of Blessing (Mount Gerizim). He
“It shall be that when Hashem, your G-d, brings sometimes confronts a person through evil and curse, and sometimes,
you to the Land to which you come, to possess through sweet talk and blessing, encouraging him to do mitzvot for the
it, then you shall deliver the blessing on Mount purpose of self-aggrandizement.
Gerizim and the curse on Mount Eval”
“See, I present before you” suggests that Hashem is granting us a gift.
Everything that happens to a person, the good as well as the seemingly (Devarim 11:29)
bad, are all essentially good, and actually a present. Hashem is the epitome
of good; whatever He does is only good.
The wise man will choose the gift of blessing over the gift of curse. He
does this by clinging to Torah and mitzvot.

The road of Torah and mitzvot is strewn with difficulties and downfalls.
The trick is to never fall into the clutches of despair. Instead, one should
pick himself up and take one step at a time, like a baby who never gives
up, but stubbornly goes on. Although the first step is significant, one