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We can all appreciate that for our relation-
we lose sight of how Hashem views our
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ships to grow, we must constantly invest
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effort into them. Meaningful friendships
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input. Attention, appreciation, compromise
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Barry Stewart Sheila Sheldon Trevor Duschenes Nicola Scorah Stephen Quinn
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and sacrifice are all significant contributors, and without them, the relationship will stagnate and atrophy. Sometimes, even if several areas of the relationship are failing, a relationship can be worth saving, as long as there is a general awareness that there is a relationship to be saved.
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Our relationship with Hashem is no differ-
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several promises of rewards if we invest
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Making The Investment
and marriages do not just continue without
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ent. In this week’s parsha, Hashem makes in the relationship, through the learning of Torah and the performance of Mitzvot.
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However, the bulk of the parsha contains
approach to Hashem and His mitzvot as the cause of the punishments listed. This is because a relationship is only worth saving if both sides are invested in saving it. If a spouse takes a laissez-faire attitude to the things that need addressing, then something as small as a stray sock left on the floor, could lead to a nuclear meltdown! If we could only understand the significance of the relationship that Hashem wishes to have with His People, and the pleasures which He is desperate to confer on us, then we would never allow ourselves to become apathetic and detached from our Judaism.
all the ‘curses’ that will befall the Jewish
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People if we do not invest in the relation-
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for us to view our actions as directly leading
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The Torah explicitly refers to our ‘casual’
ship. It is uncomfortable and disconcerting to pain and suffering, but that is because
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