Aliya Summary: This Aliya continues with the aforementioned
blessings, and then launches a lengthy description of all the
maledictions and suffering which will befall the Jews when they neglect
the mitzvot.
"But, if we don't listen to G-d..." Thus
begins the "Tochacha". The admonition against disobedience of Torah.
There is a custom of reading this part in a low voice because of how
devastating it is to realize that G-d needs to warn us in such graphic
terms, what will happen if the Jewish People do not remain faithful to
Him. Regrettably, we need these harsh words of reproach. Unfortunately,
they have turned out to be prophetic more than once. The Tochacha is
contained within one Aliya (resulting in the longest Aliya in the Torah)
so as not to prolong the discomfort in hearing it.
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