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Blessings and Curses

Exegetical Approaches

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All of Torah

The blessings and curses relate to observance of all of the mitzvot.  These position subdivides regarding whether this includes the commandments that were not yet relayed to the Children of Israel, or only to those that the nation had already received.

All 613 Mitzvot

The covenant was made over both the Written and Oral Torah, even though not all of it had as of yet been transmitted to the nation.

Sources:Sifra Vayikra25:126:46About the Sifra Vayikra, RashiVayikra 25:1Vayikra 26:46About R. Shelomo Yitzchaki,

"אֵלֶּה הַחֻקִּים וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים וְהַתּוֹרֹת"

"אֲשֶׁר נָתַן י"י... בְּהַר סִינַי"

Chronology of Sefer Vayikra

Why are the blessings and curses here?

Comparison to ceremony in Devarim

All Mitzvot Relayed Until Now

RalbagVayikra 25:1Vayikra 26:46About R. Levi b. Gershom, SefornoVayikra 25:1Vayikra 25:1Vayikra 26:46About R. Ovadyah Seforno

Sources:The covenant was made over all the laws that had been transmitted to the nation until this point, including everything from Parashat Yiro through Vayikra 25.

Laws of Shemittah and Yovel

Sources:RashbamShemot 12:1Vayikra 25:1Vayikra 26:46Bemidbar 1:1Bemidbar 3:1About R. Shemuel b. Meir

Only the Laws Given on Mt. Sinai

Sources:Ibn EzraVayikra 25:1Vayikra 26:46About R. Avraham ibn Ezra, RambanVayikra 25:1About R. Moshe b. Nachman, AbarbanelVayikra 25Vayikra 26About R. Yitzchak Abarbanel