JL;DR SUMMARY Sivan Rahav-Meir, an Israeli journalist and Torah scholar, provides insights into Parshat Bechukotai, exploring both the blessings and curses presented and elaborating on the idea that apathy towards our connection with God might be the greatest sin. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

• At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
• This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
• Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
• But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
• And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.