comminatory

  • 81TOKHEḤAH — (Heb. תּוֹכֵחָה; lit. reproof ), the name given to the two comminatory passages in the Pentateuch (Lev. 26:14–45; Deut. 28:15–68). The Mishnah referred to them as the chapters of curses and they were designated as the Torah reading for fast days …

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