[Avodah] The Re'eh Connection

[Cantor Wolberg]

The parashas Re'eh begins with "See (Behold), I give you today a blessing and a curse."  On weekdays we say three times a day in the amidah: "See (Behold) our affliction (re'eh v'anyeinu)."  

So what's the connection?  When the Torah says we are given a choice between receiving a blessing or, God forbid, a curse, the Siddur is more realistic and says "look at our affliction" implying that we made the wrong choice. However, the blessing that immediately precedes Re'eh v'anyeinu, is "S'lach lonu" which gives us the option of change and ultimately making the right choice. Immediately following re'eh v'anyeinu, we can unabashedly ask the Almighty to "heal us (R'fo-eynu)."
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