In this week’s parsha, Moshe tells the b’nei Yisrael, “And it will be, if you forget Hashem your G-d and follow other gods and worship them and prostrate yourself before them, I bear witness against you this day that you will surely perish.” In lashon hakodesh, this pasuk begins with the words, “V’haya im shacho’ach tishkach es Hashem Elokecha.” The holy Rizhiner asks two questions regarding the wording of this verse. First, couldn’t the Torah simply have written, “V’haya im…