DEUTERONOMY — 15:10 thing Torah Book & Portion, Book of Deuteronomy, Re'eh (Deuteronomy 11:26–16:17), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-DEUTPage(s): 124-5 DEUT792 [davar, similar to "dibbur" (speech)] -- From here it was derived that if one told another to give charity and he did, he [the first] is rewarded for both the speech and the act. Similarly, if he said that he would give, but did not get to do so, or if he told others to give, or if he comforted the poor with words alone, he is rewarded for this (Tosefta Peah 4) SHOW FULL EXCERPT
DEUTERONOMY — 15:14 bestow Torah Book & Portion, Book of Deuteronomy, Re'eh (Deuteronomy 11:26–16:17), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-DEUTPage(s): 126 DEUT816 I might think that if the house were blessed through him he receives the bestowal, and if not, not; it is, therefore, written: "Bestow shall you bestow" -- in any event. If so, why is it written: "What the Lord your God has blessed you with"? Give him in proportion to the blessing (and a designated minimum) in the event that there is no blessing] (Kiddushin 17b) SHOW FULL EXCERPT
DEUTERONOMY — 15:14 bestow Torah Book & Portion, Book of Deuteronomy, Re'eh (Deuteronomy 11:26–16:17), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-DEUTPage(s): 126 DEUT817 It was taught: Whence is it derived that if you have already granted him the bestowal once, you must to do so even a hundred times [If he re-enters your service and leaves]? From: "Bestow shall you bestow" -- even a hundred times (Sifrei) SHOW FULL EXCERPT
DEUTERONOMY — 15:14 give Torah Book & Portion, Book of Deuteronomy, Re'eh (Deuteronomy 11:26–16:17), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-DEUTPage(s): 127 DEUT819 How much is bestowed upon him (as a minimum)? R. Yehudah says: thirty [shekalim], as the "thirty" of a man-servant, it being derived: "giving" [here] - "giving," in respect to the "thirty" of a man-servant, viz. (Exodus 21:32): "silver, thirty shekels shall he give to his master" (Kiddushin 17a) SHOW FULL EXCERPT
DEUTERONOMY — 15:15 remember Torah Book & Portion, Book of Deuteronomy, Re'eh (Deuteronomy 11:26–16:17), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-DEUTPage(s): 127 DEUT821 What is the intent of: "And you shall remember that you were a slave"? Just as I bestowed upon you [the spoils of Egypt] once [upon leaving Egypt] and again [at the splitting of the sea], so, you bestow upon him [your servant] once and again. And just as in Egypt, My bestowal to you was a lavish one, so, let your bestowal to him be a lavish one (Sifrei) SHOW FULL EXCERPT
DEUTERONOMY — 15:16 good Torah Book & Portion, Book of Deuteronomy, Re'eh (Deuteronomy 11:26–16:17), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-DEUTPage(s): 128 DEUT822 This teaches us that a master cannot say to his servant: Work for me, but I shall not feed you (Ketuvoth 43a) SHOW FULL EXCERPT
DEUTERONOMY — 16:20 righteousness Torah Book & Portion, Book of Deuteronomy, Shoftim (Deuteronomy 16:18–21:9), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-DEUTPage(s): 148 DEUT864 This teaches us that it is a mitzvah for a beth-din to seek out defenses for the accused in capital cases (Yerushalmi Sanhedrin 5:2) SHOW FULL EXCERPT
DEUTERONOMY — 17:11 turn Torah Book & Portion, Book of Deuteronomy, Shoftim (Deuteronomy 16:18–21:9), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-DEUTPage(s): 158 DEUT885 Great is human dignity, which overrides a negative commandment in the Torah. Which is that? Rav b. R. Sheva explicated in the presence of R. Cahana: The negative commandment, "You shall not turn aside" [i.e., Where abiding by a Rabbinical injunction would undermine human dignity, the injunction is overridden] (Berachoth 19b) SHOW FULL EXCERPT
DEUTERONOMY — 17:19 learn Torah Book & Portion, Book of Deuteronomy, Shoftim (Deuteronomy 16:18–21:9), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-DEUTPage(s): 164 DEUT907 This teaches us that study leads to fear; fear, to heeding; heeding, to doing (Sifrei) SHOW FULL EXCERPT
DEUTERONOMY — 19:4 hated Torah Book & Portion, Book of Deuteronomy, Shoftim (Deuteronomy 16:18–21:9), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-DEUTPage(s): 175 DEUT935 What constitutes a "foe"? One with whom he did not converse for three days out of hatred (Sanhedrin 27b) SHOW FULL EXCERPT