The main feature in Parashas Bechukosai is the Tochachah, admonition, the curses to befall Klal Yisrael as a result of their transgressions. The Torah speaks in a sharp tone as it describes in detail the terrible calamities to strike us for our iniquitous behavior. Destruction, havoc, terrible illness and devastation are the main topics of these curses. Did the Torah have to go into such detail? Could the punishments not have been tempered, expressed in milder language? Such strong words could really frighten someone! Horav Moshe Swift, zl, feels that this specifically was the Torah’s intention. Tell it like it…
