QUESTION: What is the purpose of the admonitions in this week’s Parsha?
ANSWER: Ultimate purpose of the admonitions is to lead the Jews to Teshuvah and a higher level than before, as reflected in the final verse (28, 68).
(Likkutei Sichos, vol. 19, p. 235)
והתמכרתם שם לאיביך
There, you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies
“There” in the realms of the forbidden, a Baal Teshuvah will “offer oneself for sale” spiritually elevate, “your enemies” the forbidden interactions from prior to Teshuvah
לעבדים ולשפחות
As slaves and handmaidens
Being a master of self-control, the Baal Teshuvah is compared to a slave who does not find the tasks easy, but does them nonetheless with utmost dedication
ואין קונה
But there will be no buyer
“because they will decree death upon you” the Baal Teshuvah manages to “kill” the obsession with pleasures of the world, yearning to become one with G-d revealing אין which is higher than קונה
