{"id":10873,"date":"2024-09-20T17:45:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T17:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.torahmates.org\/jewish-resources\/?p=10873"},"modified":"2025-09-12T15:19:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T15:19:27","slug":"parshat-ki-tavo-he-doesnt-need-your-favors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.torahmates.org\/jewish-resources\/parshat-ki-tavo-he-doesnt-need-your-favors\/","title":{"rendered":"Parshat Ki Tavo: He Doesn&#8217;t Need Your Favors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Because You Did Not Serve Him with Happiness<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This week\u2019s Torah reading warns us of terrible curses which the Jewish Nation can potentially suffer. What might one do to deserve these curses? The verse tells us (Devarim <a href=\"https:\/\/library.alhatorah.org\/?r1=Devarim_28:47&amp;s1=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">28:47<\/a>) that the curses are retribution for serving God devoid of happiness. This appears to be very surprising. The punishment seems to be significantly disproportionate to the crime. What\u2019s so terrible about doing mitzvot (fulfilling Torah commandments) without enthusiasm?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rambam (Maimonides) writes (Laws of Lulav <a href=\"https:\/\/library.alhatorah.org\/?r1=Rambam_Hilkhot_Shofar_veSukkah_veLulav_8:15&amp;s1=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">8:15<\/a>) that being enthusiastic about serving God is a great endeavor which everyone is obligated to engage in. The Maggid Mishneh comments on these words of the Rambam and writes that the point is that it\u2019s improper to serve God as if one is being coerced into it, and all he wants is to get his duties over with. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">God Doesn&#8217;t Need Your Favors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Rabbi Moshe Rabinowitz expounds on this concept and says, God does not need your favors. God does not need your mitzvot. God is the One who gives us everything we need to do the mitzvot in the first place. He gives the energy, brain power, the limbs with which we perform the mitzvah, and any other component required for the mitzvah. God does not need our favors; the mitzvot were given to us for our own benefit, by gaining closeness to Him through the mitzvot we do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you ask someone to do you a favor and he does it in a begrudging manner, unless you are desperate for his help, you will typically tell him, \u201cForget it. I don\u2019t need your favors. I\u2019ll just do it myself.\u201d If we do mitzvot with resentment, as if God needs us to do Him a favor, we missed the boat. The mitzvot are for us to come closer to God by serving Him. It\u2019s not about checking off certain obligations; it\u2019s about having a relationship with God. If we are resentful about the mitzvot, we are missing the whole point of the them, and God is not interested in that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">One Verse<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky once met a Jew who did not possess any Torah knowledge. In the midst of their conversation, Rabbi Kamenetzky said to him, \u201cThere must some verse from the Torah that you are familiar with.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYes,\u201d replied the man, \u201cI actually do know one verse.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIs it the verse of Shema?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d replied the man. \u201cThe verse that I know is, \u201dBecause you did not serve your God out of happiness and good heart.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the verse from this week\u2019s Torah reading which states the reason the awful curses will befall our nation. \u201cWhere do you know this verse from?\u201d asked Rabbi Kamenetsky. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFrom Zalman Leib, in the concentration camps.\u201d He then described how Rabbi Zalman Leib, the Klausenberger Rebbe, used to repeat the verse to himself over and over, as he labored under the cruel Nazis. Despite, or perhaps because of, the Rebbe\u2019s greatness, he understood that he is being punished for not being as enthusiastic as he should have been about his service of God. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For Our Own Benefit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Keeping the Torah and doing mitzvot is about the way we relate to God. This is what we were created for. This is the ultimate accomplishment in life. Even if it\u2019s not easy and it doesn\u2019t come naturally, we are expected to cultivate a positive attitude and enthusiasm about the wonderful opportunity to be servants of God. The more we focus on what a privilege it is to be servants of God Himself and to be executing His will, the more positively we will feel about keeping the Torah and doing mitzvot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button tm-cta\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.torahmates.org\/sign-up.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about the weekly Torah portion with a weekly study partner. Become a TorahMate today!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>By Rabbi Yitzchok Aryeh Strimber <a href=\"mailto:torah4every1@gmail.com\">torah4every1@gmail.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because You Did Not Serve Him with Happiness This week\u2019s Torah reading warns us of terrible curses which the Jewish Nation can potentially suffer. 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