The Torah teaches (28:47) that the terrible curses described throughout the parsha will come as a result of not serving Hashem with gladness. If this is indeed such a terrible sin, why is there no commandment to do so?
Each of the curses which were to be read at Mount Gerizim and Mount Eival is written in the present tense except for the curse (27:15) against one who will make a graven image, which is written in the future tense. Why is this curse different?
During Elul we blow the shofar after Shacharis, if one davens alone should he blow shofar? In other words, is shofar during Elul a chovas yochid, or is it a chovas tzibbur?
Very soon we will start reciting selichos, why do we always start selichos on motzei Shabbos?
