והיית משוגע ממראה עיניך אשר תראה
This is a difficult punishment. Losing one’s mind and the ability to be a rational human being is a frightening punishment. The Torah’s text however, is puzzling. It adds, “from what your eyes see.” One who becomes insane suffers an emotional breakdown as a result of all the suffering, pain and affliction. The enslavement and degradation ultimately wear him down until he no longer can take it. Physical and emotional anguish can torment a person to the point that he loses his mind. But what does the Torah mean when it says you will go mad from what your eyes…