[Avodah] RSRH on Blessings

[Prof. Levine]

The following is RSRH's commentary on Devarim 28:2

2 All these blessings will come upon you and 
overtake you, if you will hearken to the voice of God, your God.

The blessings of thriving and prosperity come 
upon you by themselves, they come upon you without your having
sought them. They overtake you; you do not overtake them. They are not
the goal of your actions; they are not your aim. Precisely because you do
not seek them but want only to do God’s Will on earth, and your aim is
only to fulfill your duty to God and to realize His Will in the world —
precisely for this reason God’s blessings seek you out; they come upon
you to assist you in your endeavors, whose whole essence is none other
than the realization of God’s purposes on earth.
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