Since there are no Rabbi Frand shiurim on the Parsha until Elul, I would like to substitute a vort from other Rabbanim each week, rather than leaving the blog without a vort for shabbos. This week, I am attempting to repeat a vort heard from R' Shraga Kallus as recorded on torahanytime.com (https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?a=121442). Same rules as usual apply - I have attempted to reproduce the vorts to the best of my ability. Any perceived inconsistency is the result of my efforts to transcribe the shiur and should not be attributed to the maggid shiur.
The parsha begins with the statement רְאֵ֗ה אָֽנֹכִ֛י נֹתֵ֥ן לִפְנֵיכֶ֖ם הַיּ֑וֹם בְּרָכָ֖ה וּקְלָלָֽה. The Ohr HaChaim HaKadosh asks, who is the one who is speaking? This seems like an odd question as the entire Sefer Devarim is said by Moshe. But as explained by the Ohr HaChaim, this is Moshe relating to and connecting with the Jewish people.
When the Rabbi talks to you about real beracha and experiences, you can think, does he really know from worldly pleasures? And do you really know what Olam Haba will be?
But, when Moshe is telling the Jews that certain things can be viewed as either a Beracha or a Klallah, he is telling them - I know about all of this because I lived in both worlds - you should know that these are not just things being said from the ivory tower. When I tell you that wealth and material pursuits are not important, I can say this first hand because I was one of the wealthiest people by virtue of having the leftover chips of the precious stone that the luchos were carved out of.
Similarly, I can tell you that the world of Torah in Shamayim is real and more than any pleasure on Earth. After all I lived in Shamayim for 40 days and 40 nights in getting the first and second set of luchos.
And before you say that I did not experience worldly pleasures, remember that I grew up in the house of Pharaoh and I knew from the delicacies which were served at Pharaoh's banquets.
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