DEUT1521 It was taught in the school of R. Yishmael: Blessing is found only in what is not "governed" by the eye, as it is written: "The Lord shall command unto you blessing in your store-houses" (Ta'anith 8b)

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DEUT1522 R. Yitzchak said: Blessing is found only in what is concealed [samui] from the eye, it being written: "The Lord shall command unto you the blessing in your store-houses ["asamecha" (similar to "samui")] (Ta'anith 8b)

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DEUT1528 See [[NUM287]] Numbers 22:32 angel AMEMEI 8

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DEUT1525 See [[DEUT596]] Deuteronomy 13:5 follow AMJV 103

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DEUT1526 See [[DEUT601]] Deuteronomy 13:5 follow AMJV 156

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DEUT1527 See [[EXOD1024]] Exodus 34:6 compassionate OXFORD 94

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DEUT1529 We are obligated to emulate God by being merciful and compassionate. This commandment obligates us to emulate God. That means that in all of our dealings with others we must behave with kindness and compassion, for this is the way of God. As our Sages have said: "Just as God is merciful and compassionate, so too must we be merciful and compassionate." (Chinuch 611). The Torah does not merely forbid actions that stem from cruelty and hatred. Negative feelings toward others are in themselves wrong. Our attributes should be like those that the Torah describes to the Almighty. If a person does someone else a favor solely with the intention of the filling the commandment of "Love your neighbor," this is not sufficient to fulfill the obligation of emulating God. Emulating God requires that it should become part of our very nature to help others. (Ali Shur, pp. 84-5)

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DEUT1523 See [[DEUT420]] Deuteronomy 10:12 walk TELVOL1 20

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DEUT1524 See [[DEUT448]] Deuteronomy 10:18 giving TELVOL2 13-4

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DEUT1531 [A niggardly person, who refrains from doing chesed, is liable to transgress:] (1) He violates the command of the Torah [this verse]: "And you shall walk in His ways." We are obliged by this overall injunction to follow the attributes of God, all of which consist in doing good to others, as Chazal have laid down (Sotah 14a): "As He is merciful, so you shall be merciful; as He is gracious, so you be gracious.," And so in reference to the other virtues as well. The Rambam has quoted the entire passage in his Sefer Hamitzvoth (No. 8). (The mitzvah of walking in the ways of Hashem is repeated eight times in Deuteronomy alone, as explained in the forward.) Whoever refrains from doing good to his fellow man, without just cause, transgresses this positive commandment which God has many times ordered us to obey.

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