Parashat Ekev
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− | '''Parashat Ekev''' is the third parsha in the Book of Divarim | + | '''Parashat Ekev''' is the third parsha in the Book of Divarim |
− | == | + | ==The Blessings== |
Moshe continues how if the Jews will heed the laws given to them and will keep and perform them, especially the minor commandments which one usually tramples with his heels<ref name="Rashi Divarim 7:12">Rashi Divarim 7:12</ref>, delve deeply to get to the true Halachic rulings<ref name="Baal Haturim Divarim 7:12"/> and keep the teachings of the Torah, Mishna and Talmud.<ref name="Baal Haturim Divarim 7:12"/> Hashem will keep in the future<ref name="Baal Haturim Divarim 7:12"/> the covenant given to Avraham,<ref name="Baal Haturim Divarim 7:12"/> the promise He made<ref name="Rashi Divarim 7:12"/> and the kindness that He swore to their forefathers. | Moshe continues how if the Jews will heed the laws given to them and will keep and perform them, especially the minor commandments which one usually tramples with his heels<ref name="Rashi Divarim 7:12">Rashi Divarim 7:12</ref>, delve deeply to get to the true Halachic rulings<ref name="Baal Haturim Divarim 7:12"/> and keep the teachings of the Torah, Mishna and Talmud.<ref name="Baal Haturim Divarim 7:12"/> Hashem will keep in the future<ref name="Baal Haturim Divarim 7:12"/> the covenant given to Avraham,<ref name="Baal Haturim Divarim 7:12"/> the promise He made<ref name="Rashi Divarim 7:12"/> and the kindness that He swore to their forefathers. | ||
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Every commandment that Moshe commands them this day they shall keep to do, so that they may live and multiply and come and possess the land that Hashem swore to their forefathers. Moshe also alluded here that a person should strive to complete the entire<ref name="Rashi Divarim 8:1">Rashi Divarim 8:1</ref> Mitzvah which one starts, for it is not attributed only to the one who completes it. This could be seen by the burial of Yosef in Shechem which was attributed to the Jews who completed the Mitzvah rather then Moshe who busied himself in bringing him there.<ref name="Rashi Divarim 8:1"/> Also that they should remain on the path of their forefathers.<ref>Baal Haturim Divarim 8:1</ref> | Every commandment that Moshe commands them this day they shall keep to do, so that they may live and multiply and come and possess the land that Hashem swore to their forefathers. Moshe also alluded here that a person should strive to complete the entire<ref name="Rashi Divarim 8:1">Rashi Divarim 8:1</ref> Mitzvah which one starts, for it is not attributed only to the one who completes it. This could be seen by the burial of Yosef in Shechem which was attributed to the Jews who completed the Mitzvah rather then Moshe who busied himself in bringing him there.<ref name="Rashi Divarim 8:1"/> Also that they should remain on the path of their forefathers.<ref>Baal Haturim Divarim 8:1</ref> | ||
− | They shall remember the entire way on which Hashem led them for forty years in the desert, in order to afflict and test them, to know what is in their hearts, whether they would keep His commandments or not, be testing Him and doubting His ways.<ref name="Rashi Divarim 8:2">Rashi Divarim 8:2</ref> | + | They shall remember the entire way on which Hashem led them for forty years in the desert, in order to afflict and test them, to know what is in their hearts, whether they would keep His commandments or not, be testing Him and doubting His ways.<ref name="Rashi Divarim 8:2">Rashi Divarim 8:2</ref> Hashem afflicted them and let them go hungry, and then fed them manna, which they did not know, nor did their forefathers know, so that He would make them know that man does not live by bread alone, but rather by, whatever comes forth from the mouth of Hashem does man live. Eating the manna also imbued them with knowledge to fully receive the Torah.<ref name="Baal Haturim Divarim 8:3">Baal Haturim Divarim 8:3</ref> During those forty years their clothing did not wear out, rather they were cleaned by the Clouds of Glory who would scrub them, so that they looked like freshly laundered clothes.<ref name="Rashi Divarim 8:4">Rashi Divarim 8:4</ref> Additionally as their children grew, their clothes grew along with them, like a snail’s shell, which grows along with it.<ref name="Rashi Divarim 8:4"/> Nor did their feet swell like dough,<ref name="Rashi Divarim 8:4"/> as usually happens with those who walk barefoot.<ref name="Rashi Divarim 8:4"/> |
− | + | They shall know in your heart, that just as a man chastises his son, so does Hashem chastise them. They shall keep the commandments of Hashem, to go in His ways, and to fear Him. For Hashem is bringing them to a good land, a land with brooks of water, fountains and depths, that emerge in valleys and mountains. A land of wheat and barley, vines and figs and pomegranates, a land of oil producing olives<ref name="Rashi Divarim 8:8">Rashi Divarim 8:8</ref> and honey. A land in which they will eat bread without scarcity. They will lack nothing in it. A land whose stones are iron, and out of whose mountains they will hew copper. They will eat and be sated, and bless Hashem, for the good land He has given them. | |
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==References== | ==References== |