Komentaryo sa Deuteronomio 16:17: Rashi, Kli Yakar, Sforno & Rav Hirsch

איש כמתנת ידו EVERY MAN [SHALL BRING] ACCORDING TO THE ABILITY OF HIS HAND TO GIVE — i.e. one who has a large household (lit., many eaters) and great possessions brings many burnt offerings and many peace offerings (Sifrei Devarim 143:10; Chagigah 8b).

Each man according to the gift of his hand, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you. The Sages (Chagigah 8b) learned from this verse that one who has abundant possessions should bring many burnt offerings, and if he has many mouths to feed, meaning his sons and household members who are called “the blessing of God” as it is said (Psalms 128:3-4), Your children will be like olive saplings around your table. Behold, thus shall the man who fears God be blessed. Therefore, it first refers to the burnt offerings which depend on possessions, whether many or few, each man according to the gift of his hand, meaning according to his possessions, the measure of the generosity of his hand and his means. And afterward it says regarding the peace offerings which depend on having many people to feed, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you, for this depends on how God has blessed and multiplied you.

איש כמתנת ידו, not that he has to give away all that he owns so that as a result he will become a charge on public charity; an interpretation offered by foolish gentiles. Our sages have long ago postulated that even the most generously inclined person should not give away more than one fifth of his wealth. (Ketuvot 50)