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DEUTERONOMY — 15:8 lend

Torah Book & Portion, Book of Deuteronomy, Re'eh (Deuteronomy 11:26–16:17), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-DEUT
Page(s): 122
DEUT740 The Rabbi taught: "lend" -- This refers to one who is impoverished, but does not want to take from charity. In such an instance he is given the money as a loan, and [when he wishes to return it], it is ceded to him as a gift. "shall you lend"-- the Torah speaks in the language of man [i.e., No halachah Is to be derived from the redundancy] (Ketuvoth 67b)

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DEUTERONOMY — 15:8 sufficient

Torah Book & Portion, Book of Deuteronomy, Re'eh (Deuteronomy 11:26–16:17), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-DEUT
Page(s): 123
DEUT755 The Rabbis taught: When an orphan is ready to take a wife, first there is secured for him a house, a bed, and all the necessary utensils, and only then, a wife, as it is written: "sufficient for his lack, which is lacking to him": "Sufficient for his lack" -- this is a house; "which is lacking" -- this is a bed and table; "To him" -- this is a wife, as it is written (Genesis 2:18):"I shall make to him a help" (Ketuvoth 67b)

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DEUTERONOMY — 15:9 shemitah

Torah Book & Portion, Book of Deuteronomy, Re'eh (Deuteronomy 11:26–16:17), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-DEUT
Page(s): 123
DEUT771 From "the seventh year," do I not know that it is the year of shemitah? Why, then, need this be written? To teach that there is another "shemitah" [release] similar to this. And which is that? One who lends his neighbor without specifying a date for repayment, in which instance he is not permitted to claim it in less than thirty days, the master having ruled: thirty days in a year is considered "a year" (Makkoth 3b)

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