Chasidut su Deuteronomio 26:17
אֶת־יְהוָ֥ה הֶאֱמַ֖רְתָּ הַיּ֑וֹם לִהְיוֹת֩ לְךָ֨ לֵֽאלֹהִ֜ים וְלָלֶ֣כֶת בִּדְרָכָ֗יו וְלִשְׁמֹ֨ר חֻקָּ֧יו וּמִצְוֺתָ֛יו וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֖יו וְלִשְׁמֹ֥עַ בְּקֹלֽוֹ׃
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Kedushat Levi
Deuteronomy 26,17. “this day you have guaranteed that the Lord will forever be your G’d;” as a general rule the largesse dispensed by G’d for mankind is known as דבור, as we know from psalms 33,6: בדבר ה' שמים נעשו וברוח פיו כל צבאם, “by the word of G’d the heavens were made and by the breath of His mouth all their host.” Whenever the Jewish people are on a spiritually lofty plateau, it is as if they cause G’d to dispense His largesse for them, whereas if, G’d forbid, they have fallen from that level the Talmud (Gittin 56) likens them to Exodus 15,11 מי כמך באלם ה', which according to the Talmud should be read as מי כמך באלמים, “who is like You amongst the “dumb, i.e. silent ones, O Lord?”
[The Talmud arrives at this interpretation because the word אלים is written defectively, without the letter י which would indicate the plural mode, Ed.]
This is the allusion in our verse where the Torah speaks –in a complimentary fashion- of Israel as causing G’d to “speak,” i.e. dispense His largesse. Moses adds the word היום, “this day,” to indicate that as far as Israel’s status is concerned, each day is viewed as a separate unit, so that they can be credited with their spiritual accomplishments anew each day.
[The Talmud arrives at this interpretation because the word אלים is written defectively, without the letter י which would indicate the plural mode, Ed.]
This is the allusion in our verse where the Torah speaks –in a complimentary fashion- of Israel as causing G’d to “speak,” i.e. dispense His largesse. Moses adds the word היום, “this day,” to indicate that as far as Israel’s status is concerned, each day is viewed as a separate unit, so that they can be credited with their spiritual accomplishments anew each day.
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Kedushat Levi
Still another aspect of the opening line of our Parshah. When evaluating happenings on this earth we always proceed from the premise that all G’d does or allows to happen, is meant for the good, even though on occasion it takes a while to realize that what started as apparently a dreadful event, will ultimately be realized to have been the beginning of something good. [According to the formula of Rabbi Nachum ish gam zu.
When we ask G’d in psalms 85,8 הראנו ה' חסדך וישעך תתן לנו, “show us, O Lord, Your kindness grant us Your deliverance,” these words spring from our conviction that, of course, what G’d has in mind is for our own good. Our prayer is to be granted to live long enough to see this confirmed with our own eyes. The word לאמור which we had questioned at the outset, is to be understood as in Deuteronomy 26,17 and 18 האמרת and האמירך, where these words are expressions of love.
Moses prays to be granted to see with his own eyes this expression of G’d’s love.
When we ask G’d in psalms 85,8 הראנו ה' חסדך וישעך תתן לנו, “show us, O Lord, Your kindness grant us Your deliverance,” these words spring from our conviction that, of course, what G’d has in mind is for our own good. Our prayer is to be granted to live long enough to see this confirmed with our own eyes. The word לאמור which we had questioned at the outset, is to be understood as in Deuteronomy 26,17 and 18 האמרת and האמירך, where these words are expressions of love.
Moses prays to be granted to see with his own eyes this expression of G’d’s love.
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