The following is a brief summary of some of thoughts said over by R' Frand on the parsha this evening. I have attempted to reproduce these 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 R' Frand.
R' Frand prefaced his parsha vort tonight by stating that this week's shiur marked the completion of forty years of his Thursday Night shiur. In honor of this event he thanked many people who are responsible for the success of the shiur and it was quite a remarkable list (you can find it here if you would like to listen to his full remarks - https://torahmedia.com/flexcart/searchResults.php?sid=&cid=0lc3d05m69ar2bc&evid=5yud447u2w&directlink=49916 ).
R' Frand said that in honor of the shiur he wanted to give the first vort that he had said on Bechukosai, but he could not find his notes and instead said a vort from the first recorded shiur on the parsha which was from 1986. He quoted a Medrash on a pasuk in Nach which stated that the Berachos of Bechukosai run from Alef to Tuf, while the Klallos run from Vuv to Heh. The Berachos begin in Vayikra 26:3 with the words אִם־בְּחֻקֹּתַ֖י תֵּלֵ֑כוּ and they end at Vayikra 23:13 with the words וָֽאוֹלֵ֥ךְ אֶתְכֶ֖ם קֽוֹמְמִיּֽוּת.
Meanwhile, the Klallos begin in Vayikra 26:14 with the words וְאִם־לֹ֥א תִשְׁמְע֖וּ לִ֑י and they end at Vayikra 26:46 with the words בְּהַ֥ר סִינַ֖י בְּיַד־משֶֽׁה.
R' Frand quoted R' Zevin who explains that the Berachos are in order, because when things are going well, everything seems to be in order. A boy gets bar mitzvah'd, goes off to learn, finds a shidduch, gets married and has children. All seems to be according to plan.
However when things are not going well its harder to understand Hashem's plan and to make sense of what a person is going through. Only after the events are completed can a person possibly understand why they occurred and his vision is truly in hindsight. Thus the Klallos are in reverse alphabetical order, running from Vuv to Heh.
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