וַיִּתֵּ֧ן לִפְנֵיהֶ֛ם וַיֹּאכְל֥וּ וַיּוֹתִ֖רוּ כִּדְבַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃ (פ)
At inihain niya ito sa harap nila, at sila ay kumain at may natira pa, ayon sa salita ng Walang-Hanggan.
Shenei Luchot HaBerit
Rabbi Menachem HaBavli suggests the following rationale for the prohibition to the farmer to retrace his steps in order to gather in a sheaf he had overlooked previously (24,19): It is the nature of the evil urge to try and stop a person from performing deeds of loving kindness. It is accepted in kabbalistic circles that blessing reposes especially in what is a left-over. We know this from Ruth 2,14: "She ate, felt sated, and had some left over." We have a similar verse in Kings II 4,44: "When they had eaten they had some left over, as the Lord had said." The eyes of the poor are trained on G–d; He is their only hope. As soon as the owner of the field forgot this sheaf it became the property of the poor. Even if the owner of the field retraces his steps and collects this sheaf before one of the poor has seen it he still is considered as having robbed the poor. This is why the Torah asks you to consider such a sheaf as irretrievably lost to you the moment you become aware that you forgot it. If you fail to do so, you yourself will become impoverished having to beg for a hand-out on the threshing grounds. Thus far Rabbi Menachem Habavli.