Ki Tavo - Enthusiasm Sweetens the Judgement

The L-rd has not given you a heart to know, eyes to see and ears to hear, until this day.

וְלֹא נָתַן יְ־קוָ־ק לָכֶם לֵב לָדַעַת וְעֵינַיִם לִרְאוֹת וְאָזְנַיִם לִשְׁמֹעַ עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה

Devarim 29:3

What is this verse referring to?

Ki Teitzei - Protecting the Soul

When you build a house that is new, you shall make a guard rail for your roof

כִּי תִבְנֶה בַּיִת חָדָשׁ וְעָשִׂיתָ מַעֲקֶה לְגַגֶּךָ 

Devarim 22:8

The Noam Elimelech looks into the deeper meaning of this verse. He explains that the beginning of this verse "When you build a house" refers to our 'internal house', in other words our souls. The soul is  a very holy entity and needs to be protected and maintained regularly.

How can we protect the soul?

Shoftim - Inside and Outside

And it will be, when he sits upon his royal throne, that he shall write for himself copies of the Torah on a scroll from [that Torah which is] before the Levitic kohanim.

וְהָיָה כְשִׁבְתּוֹ עַל כִּסֵּא מַמְלַכְתּוֹ וְכָתַב לוֹ אֶת מִשְׁנֵה הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת עַל סֵפֶר מִלִּפְנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם

Devarim 17: 18

What are these copies of the Torah?

Re'eh - Diligence over Laziness

Because of the winter, a lazy man does not plow; he will seek in harvest, and there will be nothing.

 מֵחֹרֶף עָצֵל לֹא יַחֲרשׁ יְשָׁאַל וְשָׁאַל בַּקָּצִיר וָאָיִן

Mishlei 20:4

Rabbeinu Behaye captures the spirit of each week's parshah with a verse from Mishlei, preparing us for the fundamental ideas to be discussed in the parshah.
He explains how  the author of Mishlei, Shlomo HaMelech, sought to convey many important principles and useful life lessons, but some of the most important concepts are "זריזות" (diligence) and "עצל" (laziness).
Says the Rabbeinu Behaye, we can see these concepts across all aspects of life: running a home, caring for our bodies, spiritual matters, and Torah.