ראה אנכי נתן לפניכם היום ברכה וקללה
“It is either/or,” writes Targum Yonasan: Ana mesader kadameichou birkesa v’chilufta, “I arranged for you today a blessing and its opposite. Sforno writes, “Perceive that your affairs are not of an intermediate nature – as is the case concerning other nations. The fate of other nations is not marked by full prosperity or complete devastation – as is ours. Theirs is not a condition of extremes: of blessing and curse.” The lot of Hashem’s People, His children, is destined to be the most uncommon, in which there will be no middle course. We will either be blessed or cursed. Klal…