LEV1155 Possessions that have been declared “cherem” shall go to the Kohanim. The nation of Israel is the one nation chosen by Hashem to serve Him constantly and acknowledge His Holy Name. Our nation, unlike the others, is not under the influence of stellar forces, for all of our affairs are managed directly by Hashem. He uses no intermediaries, and not angels or stars. Therefore, when our nation faithfully fulfills the Torah and crowns itself with devoted service of the Giver of the Torah, we enjoy abundant blessings from Heaven, peace, prosperity and purity of spirit. Accordingly, in the grips of impatience and irritability, if a Jew utters a curse and cherem on some of his lands or his movable possessions, how can such words serve to transfer the items to another domain? After all, are not one’s possessions under Hashem's blessings? Nevertheless, since the one who declared the ban revealed his desire to disassociate himself from these items and transfer them elsewhere, it is fitting that his will be fulfilled. The items leave his domain, Sanctity falls upon them and they enter the domain of the Master of All.