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DEUTERONOMY — 15:10 thing

Torah Book & Portion, Book of Deuteronomy, Re'eh (Deuteronomy 11:26–16:17), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-DEUT
Page(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)

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DEUTERONOMY — 15:14 bestow

Torah Book & Portion, Book of Deuteronomy, Re'eh (Deuteronomy 11:26–16:17), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-DEUT
Page(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)

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DEUTERONOMY — 15:15 remember

Torah Book & Portion, Book of Deuteronomy, Re'eh (Deuteronomy 11:26–16:17), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-DEUT
Page(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)

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DEUTERONOMY — 17:11 turn

Torah Book & Portion, Book of Deuteronomy, Shoftim (Deuteronomy 16:18–21:9), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-DEUT
Page(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)

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