Chasidut su Genesi 49:20
מֵאָשֵׁ֖ר שְׁמֵנָ֣ה לַחְמ֑וֹ וְה֥וּא יִתֵּ֖ן מַֽעֲדַנֵּי־מֶֽלֶךְ׃ (ס)
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Bnei Yissaschar
According to the order of their banners [in the wilderness], this month relates to the Tribe of Asher, about whom it is written: “Asher’s bread will be rich, [And he will produce delicacies fit for royalty]” (Gen. 49:20); and also, “May he dip his foot in oil” (Deut. 33:24), because there was much olive oil in his portion [of the land], and every place where olive oil is found, there Wisdom is found.
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Kedushat Levi
Genesis 49,20. “Asher’s bread shall be rich, and he shall yield royal delicacies.” [Our author sees in these banal sounding words of Yaakov an allusion to something on a far loftier level; Ed.] Looking forward to a state of the nation on a far higher spiritual level, Yaakov uses a simile familiar to earth-bound people in order to allude to loftier concepts. The greatest satisfaction, pleasure, a human being whose primary occupation is to serve his Creator can experience, is that his Creator is pleased by his efforts. Yaakov foresees that the tribe of Asher, collectively, will succeed in attaining such an objective. He expresses it by foreseeing Asher as “serving delicacies to the King of Kings.”
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