Parashat Ekev

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Every commandment that Moshe commands them this day they shall keep to do, so that they may live and multiply and come and possess the land that Hashem swore to their forefathers. Moshe also alluded here that a person should strive to complete the entire<ref name="Rashi Berashis 8:1">Rashi Berashis 8:1</ref> Mitzvah which one starts, for it is not attributed only to the one who completes it. This could be seen by the burial of Yosef in Shechem which was attributed to the Jews who completed the Mitzvah rather then Moshe who busied himself in bringing him there.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 8:1"/>
 
Every commandment that Moshe commands them this day they shall keep to do, so that they may live and multiply and come and possess the land that Hashem swore to their forefathers. Moshe also alluded here that a person should strive to complete the entire<ref name="Rashi Berashis 8:1">Rashi Berashis 8:1</ref> Mitzvah which one starts, for it is not attributed only to the one who completes it. This could be seen by the burial of Yosef in Shechem which was attributed to the Jews who completed the Mitzvah rather then Moshe who busied himself in bringing him there.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 8:1"/>
  
 
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They shall remember the entire way on which Hashem led them for forty years in the desert, in order to afflict and test them, to know what is in their hearts, whether they would keep His commandments or not, be testing Him and doubting His ways.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 8:2">Rashi Berashis 8:2</ref>
 
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==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 22:54, 6 August 2020

Parashat Ekev is the third parsha in the Book of Divarim

Contents

The Blessings

Moshe continues how if the Jews will heed the laws given to them and will keep and perform them, especially the minor commandments which one usually tramples with his heels.[1] Hashem will keep the covenant, the promise He made[1] and the kindness that He swore to their forefathers. He will love, bless and multiply them. He will bless the fruit of their wombs, fruit of their soil, grain, wine, oil, the offspring of their cattle which the female casts out from her womb[2] and the choice[2] of their sheep flocks, [2] which enrich their owners,[2] in the land which He swore to their forefathers to give them.

They will be blessed above all peoples. There will be no male that can not have children[3] or barren female among them or among their livestock. Hashem will remove from them all illness, and all of the evil diseases of Egypt which they knew, He will not set upon them, but He will lay them upon all their enemies. The Jews shall consume all the peoples which Hashem gave them. They shall not spare them, nor shall they worship their gods, for that will be a snare for them.

Fearless Against the Canaanites

If they were to perhaps[4] wounder and say in their hearts; how will they drive out the Nations who are more numerous then them. They should not fear them. As they surely remember what Hashem did to Pharaoh and to all of Egypt. The great trials[5] that their eyes saw, the signs - such as the turning of the stick to a serpent[6] and water to blood,[7][5] the wondrous plagues,[5] the mighty hand of the Dever pestilence plague,[5] and the outstretched arm of the sword in the plague of the firstborn.[5] with which Hashem, brought them out. So will Hashem do to all the peoples they fear.

Hashem will also send the tzir'ah flying insects,[8] against the Canaanites, injecting poison into them,[8] making them impotent and blinding their eyes wherever they hid.[8] until the survivors and those who hide from the Jews perish.

The Jews shall not be terrified of them, for Hashem, Who is in their midst, is a great and awesome G-D. Hashem will drive out those nations from before them, little by little. The Jews will not be able to destroy them quickly, lest the beasts of the field outnumber them. Although the Jews do not need to fear the beasts when they listen to Hashem, Moshe knew they would sin in the future.[9]

Hashem, will deliver them to the Jews. He will confound them with great confusion, until they are destroyed. He will deliver their kings into their hands. The Jews will destroy their name from beneath the heavens. No man will be able to stand up before them, until they have destroyed them. The graven images of their gods they will burn with fire. They shall not covet the silver or gold that is upon them and take it for themselves, lest they be ensnared by it, for it is an abomination to Hashem. Nor should they bring an abomination into their house, lest they are to be destroyed like it. Instead they shall utterly detest it and utterly abhor it; for it is to be destroyed.

Keeping the Mitzvos

Every commandment that Moshe commands them this day they shall keep to do, so that they may live and multiply and come and possess the land that Hashem swore to their forefathers. Moshe also alluded here that a person should strive to complete the entire[10] Mitzvah which one starts, for it is not attributed only to the one who completes it. This could be seen by the burial of Yosef in Shechem which was attributed to the Jews who completed the Mitzvah rather then Moshe who busied himself in bringing him there.[10]

They shall remember the entire way on which Hashem led them for forty years in the desert, in order to afflict and test them, to know what is in their hearts, whether they would keep His commandments or not, be testing Him and doubting His ways.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b Rashi Berashis 7:12
  2. ^ a b c d Rashi Berashis 7:13
  3. ^ Rashi Berashis 7:14
  4. ^ Rashi Berashis 7:17
  5. ^ a b c d e Rashi Berashis 7:19
  6. ^ Shemos 4:3
  7. ^ Shemos 4:9
  8. ^ a b c Rashi Berashis 7:20
  9. ^ Rashi Berashis 7:22
  10. ^ a b Rashi Berashis 8:1
  11. ^ Rashi Berashis 8:2


 
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