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DEUTERONOMY — 28:66 balancing

Torah Book & Portion, Book of Deuteronomy, Ki Tavo (Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-DEUT
Page(s): 349
DEUT1562 R. Chanan said: "And your life shall be hanging in the balance before you" -- This refers to one who buys grain from year to year [Having no land of his own, he can never be certain of next year's bread]; "and you will fear night and day" -- This refers to one who buys grain from one Sabbath eve to another; -- "and you will not trust in your life" -- This refers to one who depends upon a baker [for his daily bread] (Menachoth 103b)

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DEUTERONOMY — 29:3 give

Torah Book & Portion, Book of Deuteronomy, Ki Tavo (Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-DEUT
Page(s): 350
DEUT1563 Moses our teacher intimated to Israel after forty years that they were deficient in gratitude, it being written: "and I led you forty years," and: "And the Lord did not give you a heart to know." Rava said: From here it is derived that a disciple cannot properly fathom his master's intent until the passage of forty years (Avodah Zarah 5b)

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DEUTERONOMY — 29:8 do

Torah Book & Portion, Book of Deuteronomy, Ki Tavo (Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-DEUT
Page(s): 350
DEUT1567 R. Elazar said: If one teaches his neighbor's son Torah, it is as if he would have "made" words of Torah, as it is written: "And you shall heed the words of this covenant, [perpetuating them by teaching them to others], and you shall make them." Rava said: It is as if he would make himself, it being written: "And you shall make otham": Read it not "otham" ["them"], but "atem" ["you"] (Sanhedrin 99b)

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DEUTERONOMY — 29:11 oath

Torah Book & Portion, Book of Deuteronomy, Nitzavim (Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-DEUT
Page(s): 352
DEUT1571 "alah" is an oath, as it is written (Numbers 5:21): "Then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of the alah." And from here [the fact that we do not find Israel swearing, but only answering Amen] it is derived that answering Amen to an oath is the equivalent to taking the oath itself (Yerushalmi Sotah 2:5)

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