Dora Bas Rivka Silver O'H As we mentioned at the beginning of
parshas Re'eh, when the Jews entered the land, they were to
deliver blessings and curses on Mount Grizim and Mount Eival,
respectively. Six Tribes were assigned to each mountain. (For
this purpose, Levi was counted as one of the 12, while Ephraim
and Menashe were considered a single Tribe.) The representatives
of Levi on Mt. Grizim were those too young or otherwise unfit to
perform the service. Those who were able to serve as active
Levites stood between the mountains and pronounced the blessings
and curses to the people. First the curses: one who makes an
idol; one who treats his parents disrespectfully; one who moves
a boundary marker to encroach on another's property; one who
causes the blind to go astray; one who manipulates a trial
involving a widow, an orphan or a convert; one who has sexual
relations with his father's wife; one who commits bestiality;
one who has intercourse with his sister, even a half-sister; one
who has sex with his mothe