Re'eh ראה

ראה אנכי … ברכה וקללה. הָאֲמוּרוֹת בְּהַר גְּרִזִּים וּבְהַר עֵיבָל:

Look, I place a blessing and a curse. To be pronounced at Mount Gerizim and Mount Eival.

את הברכה. עַל מְנָת אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁמְעוּ:

The blessing. On condition that you listen.

מן הדרך אשר אנכי מצוה אתכם היום ללכת וגו'. הָא לָמַדְתָּ כָּל הָעוֹבֵד עֲ"זָ הֲרֵי הוּא סָר מִכָּל הַדֶּרֶךְ שֶׁנִּצְטַוּוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל, מִכָּאן אָמְרוּ הַמּוֹדֶה בַּעֲ"זָ כְּכוֹפֵר בְּכָל הַתּוֹרָה כֻלָּהּ (ספרי):

From the course which I command you this day, to follow. This teaches that anyone who worships idols has strayed from the entire course commanded to Yisroel. From here it is derived that anyone who admits to idolatry denies the entire Torah.

ונתתה את הברכה. כְּתַרְגּוּמוֹ "יָת מְבָרְכַיָּא" – אֶת הַמְבָרְכִים:

You shall place the blessers. As Targum [Onkelos] renders, יָת מְבָרְכַיּאָ, “The blessers.”

על הר גרזים. כְּלַפֵּי הַר גְּרִזִּים הוֹפְכִין פְּנֵיהֶם וּפָתְחוּ בִּבְרָכָה – בָּרוךְ הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא יַעֲשֶׂה פֶסֶל וּמַסֵּכָה וְגוֹ'. כָּל הָאֲרוּרִים שֶׁבַּפָּרָשָׁה אָמְרוּ תְחִלָּה בִּלְשׁוֹן בָּרוּךְ, וְאַחַר כָּךְ הָפְכוּ פְנֵיהֶם כְּלַפֵּי הַר עֵיבָל וּפָתְחוּ בִּקְלָלָה (סוטה ל"ג):

On Mount Gerizim. Towards Mount Gerizim they turned their faces, and opened with the blessing, “Blessed is the man who does not make a sculptured or molten, etc.” All the curses in that chapter were first recited with the word “blessed.” Then they turned their faces towards Mount Eival, and opened with the curse.

הלא המה. נָתַן בָּהֶם סִימָן:

Are they not. This provides the landmarks.

אחרי. אַחַר הַעֲבָרַת הַיַּרְדֵּן הַרְבֵּה וָהָלְאָה לְמֵרָחוֹק; וְזֶהוּ לְשׁוֹן אַחֲרֵי, כָּל מָקוֹם שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר אַחֲרֵי מֻפְלָג הוּא:

Far beyond. Far after the crossing of the Yardein, in the distance beyond, as indicated by the word “beyond.” Wherever אַחֲרֵי — “beyond” is mentioned, the reference is to great distance.

דרך מבוא השמש. לְהַלָּן מִן הַיַּרְדֵּן לְצַד מַעֲרָב, וְטַעַם הַמִּקְרָא מוֹכִיחַ שֶׁהֵם שְׁנֵי דְבָרִים, שֶׁנִּנְקְדוּ בִשְׁנֵי טְעָמִים, "אַחֲרֵי" נָקוּד בְּפַשְׁטָא, וְ"דֶרֶךְ" נָקוּד בְּמַשְׁפֵּל, וְהוּא דָּגֵשׁ, וְאִם הָיָה "אַחֲרֵי דֶרֶךְ" דִּבּוּר אֶחָד, הָיָה נָקוּד "אַחֲרֵי" בִּמְשָׁרֵת, בְּשׁוֹפָר הָפוּךְ, וְ"דֶרֶךְ" בְּפַשְׁטָא וְרָפֶה:

Along the route of the sunset. Beyond the Yardein, toward the west. The cantillation of the passage proves that they are two matters, since they are punctuated with two cantillation symbols; אַחֲרֵי, “far beyond,” is punctuated with the pashta symbol, while דֶרֶךְ, “the route,” is punctuated with the mishpal symbol, and is dotted. If אַחֲרֵי דֶּרֶךְ, “far beyond the route,” were a single phrase, then אַחֲרֵי, “far beyond,” would be punctuated with the meshares symbol — the reverse shofar — and דֶּרֶךְ, “route,” would be punctuated with the pashta symbol, and would be undotted.

מול הגלגל. רָחוֹק מִן הַגִּלְגָּל:

Opposite Gilgal. At a distance from Gilgal.

אלוני מרה. שְׁכֶם הוּא, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בראשית י"ב) עַד מְקוֹם שְׁכֶם עַד אֵלוֹן מוֹרֶה (ספרי):

Moreh Plain. This was Shechem, as it is said, “Until the territory of Shechem — until Moreh Plain.”

כי אתם עברים את הירדן וגו'. נִסִּים שֶׁל יַרְדֵּן יִהְיוּ סִימָן בְּיֶדְכֶם שֶׁתָּבֹאוּ וְתִירְשׁוּ אֶת הָאָרֶץ (עי' ספרי):

For you shall pass across the Yardein, etc. The miracles at the Yardein will portend, for you, that you will enter the land and take possession of it.

אבד תאבדון. אַבֵּד וְאַחַר כָּךְ תְּאַבְּדוּן, מִכָּאן לָעוֹקֵר עֲ"זָ שֶׁצָּרִיךְ לְשָׁרֵשׁ אַחֲרֶיהָ (עבודה זרה מ"ה):

You must obliterate. Destroy, then destroy afterward. This teaches that, when destroying idolatry, one must tear out the roots.

את כל המקמות אשר עבדו שם וגו'. וּמַה תְּאַבְּדוּן מֵהֶם? אֶת אֱלֹהֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר עַל הֶהָרִים:

All of the places where the nations worshipped, etc. What must you obliterate from them? ‘Their gods on the mountains.’

מזבח. שֶׁל אֲבָנִים הַרְבֵּה:

Altar. Composed of a number of stones.

מצבה. שֶׁל אֶבֶן אַחַת, וְהוּא בִּימוֹס שֶׁשְּׁנוּיָה בַּמִּשְׁנָה (עבודה זרה מ"ז): אֶבֶן שֶׁחֲצָבָהּ מִתְּחִלָּתָהּ לְבִימוֹס:

Pillar. Single-stoned. This is the ‘bimus’ mentioned in the Mishnah, ‘A stone quarried originally as a bimus.’

אשרה. אִילָן הַנֶּעֱבָד:

Asherah. A tree that was worshipped.

ואבדתם את שמם. לְכַנּוֹת לָהֶם שֵׁם לִגְנַאי, בֵּית גַּלְיָא — קוֹרִין לָהּ בֵּית כַּרְיָא, עֵין כֹּל — עֵין קוֹץ (שם ל"ו):

Obliterate their name. Give them degrading nicknames. ”The house of exaltation,” entitle “The house of ruin.” “Universal vision” — “Thorny vision.”

לא תעשון כן. לְהַקְטִיר לַשָּׁמַיִם בְּכָל מָקוֹם, כִּי אִם בַּמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר. דָּ"אַ — ונתצתם את מזבחתם, ואבדתם את שמם, לא תעשון כן. אַזְהָרָה לַמּוֹחֵק אֶת הַשֵּׁם וְלַנּוֹתֵץ אֶבֶן מִן הַמִּזְבֵּחַ אוֹ מִן הָעֲזָרָה (מכות כ"ב). אָמַר רַ' יִשְׁמָעֵאל וְכִי תַעֲלֶה עַל דַּעְתְּךָ שֶׁיִּשְׂרָאֵל נוֹתְצִין אֶת הַמִּזְבְּחוֹת? אֶלָּא שֶׁלֹּא תַעֲשׂוּ כְמַעֲשֵׂיהֶם וְיִגְרְמוּ עֲוֹנוֹתֵיכֶם לְמִקְדַּשׁ אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם שֶׁיִּתְחָרֵב (ספרי):

Do not act this way. By bringing burnt-offerings for the sake of Heaven anywhere except for the place [God] will select. Another interpretation. ‘Smash their altars, obliterate their names — do not act this way. . .’ This prohibits erasing the sacred name, and breaking an altar stone, or a Temple courtyard stone. Rebbi Yishmael said, ‘Is it conceivable that an Israelite would smash altars? Rather, do not act as they do, whereby your iniquity would cause the ruin of the Temple of your forefathers.’

לשכנו תדרשו. זֶה מִשְׁכַּן שִׁילֹה:

Seek His Presence. This refers to the Tabernacle at Shiloh.

וזבחיכם. שְׁלָמִים שֶׁל חוֹבָה:

Your sacred offerings. Obligatory shelamim-offerings.

מעשרתיכם. מַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה וּמַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי, לֶאֱכֹל לִפְנִים מִן הַחוֹמָה:

Your tithes. The animal tithe and the second tithe, to be eaten within the walls [of Jerusalem].

תרומת ידכם. אֵלּוּ הַבִּכּוּרִים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בָּהֶם (דברים כ"ו) וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן הַטֶּנֶא מִיָּדֶךָ (עי' ספרי):

The elevation of your hands. This refers to the first bikurim- fruits, concerning which it is said, “The kohein shall take the basket from your hand.”

ובכרת בקרכם. לְתִתָּם לַכֹּהֵן וְיַקְרִיבֵם שָׁם:

The first born of your cattle. To give to the kohein, so that he may offer them up there.

אשר ברכך ה'. לְפִי הַבְּרָכָה הָבֵא (ספרי):

As Adonoy has blessed you. According to the blessing, bring.

לא תעשון ככל אשר אנחנו עשים וגו'. מוּסָב לְמַעְלָה עַל כי אתם עברים את הירדן וגו', כְּשֶׁתַּעַבְרוּ אֶת הַיַּרְדֵּן מִיָּד אַתֶּם מֻתָּרִים לְהַקְרִיב בְּבָמָה כָּל י"ד שָׁנָה שֶׁל כִּבּוּשׁ וְחִלּוּק, וּבַבָּמָה לֹא תַקְרִיבוּ כָּל מַה שֶּׁאַתֶּם מַקְרִיבִים פה היום בַּמִּשְׁכָּן, שֶׁהוּא עִמָּכֶם וְנִמְשַׁח וְהוּא כָשֵׁר לְהַקְרִיב בּוֹ חַטָּאוֹת וַאֲשָׁמוֹת נְדָרִים וּנְדָבוֹת, אֲבָל בְּבָמָה אֵין קָרֵב אֶלָּא הַנִּדָּר וְהַנִּדָּב, וְזֶהוּ איש כל הישר בעיניו, נְדָרִים וּנְדָבוֹת, שֶׁאַתֶּם מִתְנַדְּבִים עַ"יְ שֶׁיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינֵיכֶם לַהֲבִיאָם וְלֹא עַ"יְ חוֹבָה, אוֹתָם תַּקְרִיבוּ בַּבָּמָה (שם; זבחים קי"ז):

You may not do everything we do, etc. This continues from above, from “For you shall pass across the Yardein, etc.” When you cross the Yardein, you will be immediately permitted to bring up offerings on the personal bamah-altar, thoughout all fourteen years of conquest and apportionment. However, on the personal bamah-altar, you may not offer everything you offer here, this day, at the Mishkan, which remains with you and has been anointed. This is an appropriate place for bringing sin-and guilt-offerings, and promissory and contributory-offerings. However, on the personal bamah-altar, nothing may be offered except for the promissory and contributory, And this is the meaning of “each what is upright in his eyes.” Promissory-and contributory offerings, That you donate because you feel it is proper to bring them and not because you must. These you may offer on a personal bamah-altar.

כי לא באתם. כָּל אוֹתָן י"ד שָׁנָה:

For you will not have come. Throughout those fourteen years.

עד עתה. כְּמוֹ עֲדַיִן:

As yet. Like “yet.”

אל המנוחה. זוֹ שִׁילֹה:

To the peace. This refers to Shiloh.

נחלה. זוֹ יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (ספרי; זבחים קי"ט):

The territory. This refers to Jerusalem.

ועברתם את הירדן וישבתם בארץ. שֶׁתְּחַלְּקוּהָ וִיהֵא כָל אֶחָד מַכִּיר אֶת חֶלְקוֹ וְאֶת שִׁבְתּוֹ (נ"א – שִׁבְטוֹ):

When you cross the Yardein and settle in the land. When you have apportioned it, and everyone distinguishes his portion and his tribe.

והניח לכם. לְאַחַר כִּבּוּשׁ וְחִלּוּק וּמְנוּחָה מִן הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר הִנִּיחַ ה' לְנַסּוֹת בָּם אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל – וְאֵין זוֹ אֶלָּא בִּימֵי דָוִד – אָז:

And He has granted you peace. After the conquest and apportionment, and peace with the nations whom Adonoy allowed to remain in order to test Yisroel — this did not occur until the time of Dovid — then:

והיה המקום וגו'. בְּנוּ לָכֶם בֵּית הַבְּחִירָה בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר בְּדָוִד "וַיְהִי כִּי יָשַׁב הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּבֵיתוֹ וַה' הֵנִיחַ לוֹ מִסָּבִיב מִכָּל אוֹיְבָיו וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל נָתָן הַנָּבִיא רְאֵה אָנֹכִי יוֹשֵׁב בְּבֵית אֲרָזִים, וַאֲרוֹן הָאֱלֹהִים יֹשֵׁב בְּתוֹךְ הַיְרִיעָה" (שמואל ב ז'):

Let it be that the place, etc. Build, for yourselves, the chosen Sanctuary in Jerusalem. This is as it is said concerning Dovid: “It was, when the king had settled in his palace, and Adonoy had granted him peace on every side, from all his enemies; then the king said to the prophet Noson, ‘Look here, I am settled in a palace of cedarwood, while the ark of God languishes amidst curtains.”’

שמה תביאו וגו'. לְמַעְלָה אָמוּר לְעִנְיַן שִׁילֹה וְכָאן אָמוּר לְעִנְיַן יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, וּלְכָךְ חִלְּקָם הַכָּתוּב לִתֵּן הֶתֵּר בֵּין זוֹ לְזוֹ, מִשֶּׁחָרְבָה שִׁילֹה וּבָאוּ לְנֹב וְחָרְבָה נֹב וּבָאוּ לְגִבְעוֹן הָיוּ הַבָּמוֹת מֻתָּרוֹת עַד שֶׁבָּאוּ לִירוּשָׁלַיִם (זבחים קיט):

It is there that you shall bring. The discussion above concerns Shiloh, while the discussion here concerns Jerusalem. This is why Scripture separates them, by granting permission between them. From the time that Shiloh was laid waste and they arrived at Nov, and Nov was laid waste and they arrived at Giveon, personal bamah-altars were permitted, until they arrived at Jerusalem.

מבחר נדריכם. מְלַמֵּד שֶׁיָּבִיא מִן הַמֻּבְחָר (ספרי):

Your choice promissory-offerings. This teaches that one must offer the choicest.

השמר לך. לִתֵּן לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה עַל הַדָּבָר:

Take heed. This places a negative commandment over the matter.

בכל מקום אשר תראה. אֲשֶׁר יַעֲלֶה בְּלִבְּךָ, אֲבָל אַתָּה מַקְרִיב עַ"פִּ נָבִיא, כְּגוֹן אֵלִיָּהוּ בְּהַר הַכַּרְמֶל (שם):

Anywhere you envision as proper. Which occurs to you. However, you may bring an offering by prophetic instruction, as with Eliyahu at Mount Carmel.

באחד שבטיך. בְּחֶלְקוֹ שֶׁל בִּנְיָמִין, וּלְמַעְלָה הוּא אוֹמֵר "מִכָּל שִׁבְטֵיכֶם", הָא כֵיצַד? כְּשֶׁקָּנָה דָּוִד אֶת הַגֹּרֶן מֵאֲרַוְנָה הַיְבוּסִי גָּבָה הַזָּהָב מִכָּל הַשְּׁבָטִים, וּמִכָּל מָקוֹם הַגֹּרֶן בְּחֶלְקוֹ שֶׁל בִּנְיָמִין הָיָה (שם):

Of one of your tribes. In Binyamin’s portion. Above, however, it is said, “of all your tribes.” How can this be? When Dovid purchased the threshing site from Aravna the Yevusite, he gathered the gold from all the tribes; still, the threshing site was in Binyamin’s territory.

רק בכל אות נפשך. בַּמֶּה הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר? אִם בִּבְשַׂר תַּאֲוָה לְהַתִּירָהּ לָהֶם בְּלֹא הַקְרָבַת אֵמוּרִים הֲרֵי אָמוּר בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר (פסוק כ') "כִּי יַרְחִיב ה' אֶת גְּבוּלְךָ וְגוֹ' וְאָמַרְתָּ אֹכְלָה בָשָׂר וְגוֹ'", בַּמֶּה זֶה מְדַבֵּר? בְּקָדָשִׁים שֶׁנָּפַל בָּהֶם מוּם שֶׁיִּפָּדוּ וְיֵאָכְלוּ בְּכָל מָקוֹם, יָכוֹל יִפָּדוּ עַל מוּם עוֹבֵר? תַּ"לֹ "רַק" (ספרי):

Except, with the fullness of your appetite. What is Scripture’s subject? Is it “appetite meat,” permitting it to them without offering the sacrificial portions? But it is stated elsewhere, “When Adonoy, your God, expands your borders, etc., and you assert, ‘Let me eat meat, etc.”’ What, then, is the subject here? Sacred animals which were afflicted with a blemish which may be redeemed and eaten anywhere. Perhaps they may be redeemed even with a transient blemish? The Torah therefore teaches, “except.”

תזבח ואכלת. אֵין לְךָ בָהֶם הֶתֵּר גִּזָּה וְחָלָב אֶלָּא אֲכִילָה עַל יְדֵי זְבִיחָה (בכ' ו'):

You may slaughter and eat. You are not permitted to shear or milk, but only to eat by slaughtering.

הטמא והטהר. לְפִי שֶׁבָּאוּ מִכֹּחַ קָדָשִׁים שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בָּהֶם "וְהַבָּשָׂר אֲשֶׁר יִגַּע בְּכָל טָמֵא לֹא יֵאָכֵל" (ויקרא ז'), הֻצְרַךְ לְהַתִּיר בּוֹ שֶׁטָּמֵא וְטָהוֹר אוֹכְלִים בִּקְעָרָה אַחַת:

The ritually unclean and the clean. Because this was converted from a sacred sacrifice, concerning which it is said, “Meat which came into contact with anything unclean may not be eaten,” it is necessary to permit the unclean and the clean to eat it in a single plate.

כצבי וכאיל. שֶׁאֵין קָרְבָּן בָּא מֵהֶם:

Like the deer and the gazelle which are not eligible as sacrifices.

כצבי וכאיל. לְפָטְרָן מִן הַזְּרוֹעַ וְהַלְּחָיַיִם וְהַקֵּבָה (ספרי):

Like the deer and the gazelle. This exempts them from the gifts of the foreleg, the jaw, and the maw.

רק הדם לא תאכלו. אַעַ"פִּ שֶׁאָמַרְתִּי שֶׁאֵין לְךָ בוֹ זְרִיקַת דָּם בַּמִּזְבֵּח, לֹא תֹּאכְלֶנּוּ:

However, you may not eat the blood. Although I have stated that its blood is not to be sprinkled on the altar, you may not eat it.

תשפכנו כמים. לוֹמַר לְךָ שֶׁאֵין צָרִיךְ כִּסּוּי (ספרי; חולין פ"ד). דָּ"אַ — הֲרֵי הוּא כַמַּיִם לְהַכְשִׁיר אֶת הַזְּרָעִים (שם ל"ה):

Spill it like water. This teaches you that it does not require covering. Another interpretation. It is like water with regard to the conditioning (hechsher) of edible seeds [for ritual contamination].

לא תוכל. בָּא הַכָּתוּב לִתֵּן לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה עַל הַדָּבָר:

You are not permitted. This passage places a negative commandment over the matter.

לא תוכל. רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן קָרְחָה אוֹמֵר יָכוֹל אַתָּה, אֲבָל אֵינְךָ רַשַּׁאי, כַּיּוֹצֵא בוֹ (יהושע ט"ו) "וְאֶת הַיְבוּסִי יוֹשְׁבֵי יְרוּשָׁלַיִם לֹא יָכְלוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל (יְהוּדָה) לְהוֹרִישָׁם", יְכוֹלִים הָיוּ, אֶלָּא שֶׁאֵינָן רַשָּׁאִין לְפִי שֶׁכָּרַת לָהֶם אַבְרָהָם בְּרִית כְּשֶׁלָּקַח מֵהֶם מְעָרַת הַמַּכְפֵּלָה; וְלֹא יְבוּסִים הָיוּ, אֶלָּא חִתִּיִּים הָיוּ, אֶלָּא עַל שֵׁם הָעִיר שֶׁשְּׁמָהּ יְבוּס, כָּךְ מְפֹרָשׁ בְּפִרְקֵי דְּרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר (פ' ל"ו), וְהוּא שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר "כִּי אִם הֱסִירְךָ הָעִוְרִים וְהַפִּסְחִים" (שמואל ב ה') – צְלָמִים שֶׁכָּתְבוּ עֲלֵיהֶם אֶת הַשְּׁבוּעָה:

You are not permitted [lit. not able]. R’ Yehoshua ben Korchah said, ‘You are able, but are not permitted.” Similarly, “The Yevusites, who dwelt in Jerusalem, the sons of Yehudah were not permitted [lit. not able] to drive out.” They were able, but were not permitted, because Avrohom had made a covenant with them, when he bought the double tiered Machpelah-cave from them. They were not Yevusites, but Chitites, but, in recognition of the city entitled Yevus (they were called Yevusites). This is stated clearly in Pirkei dR’ Eliezer. This is why it is said, “...unless you cast aside the blind and the lame” — the statues on which the oath was inscribed.

ובכרת בקרך. אַזְהָרָה לַכֹּהֲנִים:

The first born of your cattle. This prohibition applies to the kohanim.

ותרומת ידך. אֵלּוּ הַבִּכּוּרִים (ספרי; מכות י"ז):

The terumah-separation of your hand. This refers to the first fruits.

לפני ה'. לִפְנִים מִן הַחוֹמָה:

Before Adonoy. Within the walls.

והלוי אשר בשעריך. אִם אֵין לְךָ לָתֵת לוֹ מֵחֶלְקוֹ, כְּגוֹן מַעֲשֵׂר רִאשׁוֹן, תֵּן לוֹ מַעְשַׂר עָנִי, אֵין לְךָ מַעְשַׂר עָנִי, הַזְמִינֵהוּ עַל שְׁלָמֶיךָ (ספרי):

And the Levite in your cities. If you do not have his portion for him — for example, the first tithe — give him the tithe of the indigent. If you do not have the tithe of the indigent, invite him to partake of your shelamim-offering.

השמר לך. לִתֵּן לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה עַל הַדָּבָר (ספרי):

Watch yourself. This places a negative commandment over the matter.

על אדמתך. אֲבָל בַּגּוֹלָה אֵינְךָ מֻזְהָר עָלָיו יוֹתֵר מֵעֲנִיֵּי יִשְׂרָאֵל (שם):

On your land. In the diaspora, however, you are not admonished to concern yourself with him more than with the indigent Israelites.

כי ירחיב וגו'. לִמְּדָה תוֹרָה דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ שֶׁלֹּא יִתְאַוֶּה אָדָם לֶאֱכֹל בָּשָׂר אֶלָּא מִתּוֹךְ רַחֲבַת יָדַיִם וְעֹשֶׁר (חולין פ"ד):

When . . . expands, etc. The Torah teaches proper behavior — a man should not crave eating meat unless he enjoys expansion and affluence.

כל אות נפשך וגו'. אֲבָל בַּמִּדְבָּר נֶאֱסַר לָהֶם בְּשַׂר חֻלִּין אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן מַקְדִּישָׁהּ וּמַקְרִיבָהּ שְׁלָמִים (שם ט"ז):

To the full extent of your appetite, etc. However, in the wilderness, non-sacrificial meat was forbidden to them, unless it was sanctified and brought as a shelamim-offering.

כי ירחק ממך המקום. וְלֹא תוּכַל לָבֹא וְלַעֲשׂוֹת שְׁלָמִים בְּכָל יוֹם כְּמוֹ עַכְשָׁו שֶׁהַמִּשְׁכָּן הוֹלֵךְ עִמָּכֶם:

When the place is distant from you. So that you are unable to come every day to offer the shelamim sacrifice, as you are now, when the Mishkan travels with you,

וזבחת … כאשר צויתך. לָמַדְנוּ שֶׁיֵּשׁ צִוּוּי בַּזְּבִיחָה הֵיאַךְ יִשְׁחֹט, וְהֵן הִלְכוֹת שְׁחִיטָה שֶׁנֶּאֶמְרוּ לְמֹשֶׁה בְּסִינַי (שם כ"ח):

you may slaughter, as I have commanded you. We learn that there is a command concerning the proper method of slaughtering. This refers to the slaughtering laws told to Moshe at Sinai.

אך כאשר יאכל את הצבי וגו'. אֵינְךָ מֻזְהָר לְאָכְלָן בְּטָהֳרָה, אִי מַה צְּבִי וְאַיָּל חֶלְבָּן מֻתָּר אַף חֻלִּין חֶלְבָּן מֻתָּר? תַּ"לֹ "אַךְ":

Only, as the deer, etc, may be eaten. You are not admonished to eat them in ritual purity. Perhaps, just as the fat of the deer and the gazelle are permitted, so is the fat of the non-sacrificial animal permitted? The Torah therefore teaches, “only.”

רק חזק לבלתי אכל הדם. מִמַּה שֶּׁנֶּאֱמַר חֲזַק אַתָּה לָמֵד שֶׁהָיוּ שְׁטוּפִים בַּדָּם לְאָכְלוֹ, לְפִיכָךְ הֻצְרַךְ לוֹמַר חֲזַק דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי יְהוּדָה, רַ' שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן עֲזַאי אוֹמֵר לֹא בָא הַכָּתוּב אֶלָּא לְהַזְהִירְךָ וּלְלַמֶּדְךָ עַד כַּמָּה אַתָּה צָרִיךְ לְהִתְחַזֵּק בַּמִּצְווֹת, אִם הַדָּם שֶׁהוּא קַל לְהִשָּׁמֵר מִמֶּנּוּ שֶׁאֵין אָדָם מִתְאַוֶּה לוֹ, הֻצְרַךְ לְחַזֶּקְךָ בְאַזְהָרָתוֹ, קַ"וָ לִשְׁאָר מִצְווֹת (עי' ספרי):

Only exercise strength in not eating the blood. From the statement “exercise strength,” you learn that they wallowed in the eating of blood. It was therefore necessary to say “exercise strength.” This is R’ Yehudah’s opinion. R’ Shimon ben Azai said, Scripture merely admonishes and teaches you the extent to which you must exercise strength with mitzvos. If blood, which is easily avoided, as a man has no craving for it, yet it is necessary to strengthen you in admonishing against it; then certainly the other commandments.

ולא תאכל הנפש עם הבשר. אַזְהָרָה לְאֵבֶר מִן הַחַי (חולין ק"ב):

Do not eat the spirit with the meat. This prohibits the limb of a living animal.

לא תאכלנו. אַזְהָרָה לְדַם הַתַּמְצִית (כריתות ד'):

Do not eat it. This prohibits the dripping tamtzis blood.

לא תאכלנו. אַזְהָרָה לְדַם הָאֵבָרִים (שם):

Do not eat it. This prohibits the blood absorbed in the limbs.

למען ייטב לך וגו'. צֵא וּלְמַד מַתַּן שְׂכָרָן שֶׁל מִצְווֹת, אִם הַדָּם שֶׁנַּפְשׁוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם קָצָה מִמֶּנּוּ, הַפּוֹרֵשׁ מִמֶּנּוּ זוֹכֶה לוֹ וּלְבָנָיו אַחֲרָיו, קַל וָחֹמֶר לְגֶזֶל וַעֲרָיוֹת שֶׁנַּפְשׁוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם מִתְאַוָּה לָהֶם (מכות כ"ג):

So that you may enjoy beneficence, etc. Go forth, learn the reward for mitzvos. Take blood, which a man finds repugnant; yet, one who refrains from it gains merit for himself and his children after him. Certainly with larceny and promiscuousness, which a man craves.

רק קדשיך. אַעַ"פִּ שֶׁאַתָּה מֻתָּר לִשְׁחֹט חֻלִּין, לֹא הִתַּרְתִּי לְךָ לִשְׁחֹט אֶת הַקֳּדָשִׁים וּלְאָכְלָן בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ בְּלֹא הַקְרָבָה, אֶלָּא הֲבִיאֵם לְבֵית הַבְּחִירָה:

However, your sacred offerings. Although you may slaughter non-sacrificial animals, I did not permit you to slaughter sacrificial offerings and eat them in your cities without offering them up. Rather, bring them to the chosen Sanctuary.

ועשית עלתיך. אִם עוֹלוֹת הֵן, תֵּן הַבָּשָׂר וְהַדָּם עַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּח, וְאִם זִבְחֵי שְׁלָמִים הֵם, "דַּם זְבָחֶיךָ יִשָּׁפֵךְ" עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ תְּחִלָּה וְאַחַר כָּךְ "וְהַבָּשָׂר תֹּאכֵל". וְעוֹד דָּרְשׁוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ, "רַק קָדָשֶׁיךָ" בָּא לְלַמֵּד עַל הַקֳּדָשִׁים שֶׁבְּחוּצָה לָאָרֶץ, וּלְלַמֵּד עַל הַתְּמוּרוֹת וְעַל וַלְדוֹת קָדָשִׁים שֶׁיִּקְרְבוּ (ספרי; בכורות י"ד):

Execute your burnt-offerings. If they are burnt-olah- offerings, place the flesh and the blood on the altar. If they are shelamim-peace-offerings, “the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured on the altar” first, and then “the flesh may be eaten.” The Rabbis expounded additionally. “However, your sacrificial-offerings . . .”: This teaches concerning sacrificial-offerings outside the land. And it teaches that exchange-offerings and the offspring of sacrifices must be offered up.

שמר. זוֹ מִשְׁנָה שֶׁאַתָּה צָרִיךְ לְשָׁמְרָהּ בְּבִטְנְךָ שֶׁלֹּא תִשְׁכַּח, כָּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (משלי כ"ב) "כִּי נָעִים כִּי תִשְׁמְרֵם בְּבִטְנֶךָ", וְאִם שָׁנִיתָ אֶפְשָׁר שֶׁתִּשְׁמַע וּתְקַיֵּם, הָא כָל שֶׁאֵינוֹ בִּכְלַל מִשְׁנָה אֵינוֹ בִּכְלַל מַעֲשֶׂה (עי' ספרי):

Preserve. This refers to the study of the law, which must be preserved in one’s gut, not to be forgotten, as it is said, “It is pleasurable that you preserve them in your gut.” If you have studied the law, then it is possible for you to heed and to perform; but anyone who is not involved in study can not be involved in performance.

את כל הדברים. שֶׁתְּהֵא חֲבִיבָה עָלֶיךָ מִצְוָה קַלָּה כְּמִצְוָה חֲמוּרָה (שם):

All these words. A minor commandment should be as precious to you as one of great consequence.

הטוב. בְּעֵינֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם:

That which is good. In the eyes of Heaven.

והישר. בְּעֵינֵי אָדָם:

And that which is upright. In the eyes of mortals.

פן תנקש. אֻנְקְלוֹס תִּרְגֵּם לְשׁוֹן מוֹקֵשׁ, וַאֲנִי אוֹמֵר שֶׁלֹּא חָשׁ לְדַקְדֵּק בַּלָּשׁוֹן, שֶׁלֹּא מָצִינוּ נוּ"ן בִּלְשׁוֹן יוֹקֵשׁ, וַאֲפִלּוּ לַיְסוֹד הַנּוֹפֵל מִמֶּנּוּ, אֲבָל בִּלְשׁוֹן טֵרוּף וְקִשְׁקוּשׁ מָצִינוּ נוּ"ן, "וְאַרְכֻּבָתֵהּ דָא לְדָא נָקְשָׁן" (דניאל ה'); וְאַף זֶה אֲנִי אוֹמֵר "פֶּן תִּנָּקֵשׁ אַחֲרֵיהֶם" – פֶּן תִּטָּרֵף אַחֲרֵיהֶם, לִהְיוֹת כָּרוּךְ אַחַר מַעֲשֵׂיהֶם; וְכֵן (תהילים ק"ט) "יְנַקֵּשׁ נוֹשֶׁה לְכָל אֲשֶׁר לוֹ" – מְקַלֵּל אֶת הָרָשָׁע לִהְיוֹת עָלָיו נוֹשִׁים רַבִּים וְיִהְיוּ מַחֲזִירִין וּמִתְנַקְּשִׁין אַחַר מָמוֹנוֹ:

Lest you are torn apart. Onkelos’ interpretation is that the reference is to a pitfall. In my opinion, he was not exacting in following the literal meaning, for we never find the letter ‘ נ in the word יוֹקֵשׁ, “pitfall,” even as a root letter which is sometimes dropped. However, in reference to tearing apart and violent shaking, we find the ‘ נ, “His knees knocked against each other.” Here, too, my rendition is, “Lest you are torn apart with them,” by emulating their activities. Similarly, “Let the debtor jostle after all his possessions.” He curses the villain, wishing him numerous debtors who will jostle one another in pursuit of his money.

אחרי השמדם מפניך. אַחַר שֶׁתִּרְאֶה שֶׁאַשְׁמִידֵם מִפָּנֶיךָ, יֵשׁ לְךָ לָתֵת לֵב מִפְּנֵי מָה נִשְׁמְדוּ אֵלּוּ, מִפְּנֵי מַעֲשִׂים מְקֻלְקָלִים שֶׁבִּידֵיהֶם, אַף אַתָּה לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה כֵן שֶׁלֹּא יָבֹאוּ אֲחֵרִים וְיַשְׁמִידוּךָ (עי' ספרי):

After they have been annihilated before you. After you observe when I have annihilated them before you, focus your attention as to why I annihilated them — because of their decadent behavior. So you refrain from emulating them so that no one come to annihilate you.

איכה יעבדו. לְפִי שֶׁלֹּא עָנַשׁ עַל עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה אֶלָּא עַל זִבּוּחַ וְקִטּוּר וְנִסּוּךְ וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוָאָה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב (שמות כ"ב) "בִּלְתִּי לַה' לְבַדּוֹ" – דְּבָרִים הַנַּעֲשִׂים לַגָּבוֹהַּ, בָּא וְלִמֶּדְךָ כָאן שֶׁאִם דַּרְכָּהּ שֶׁל עֲ"זָ לְעָבְדָהּ בְּדָבָר אַחֵר, כְּגוֹן פּוֹעֵר לִפְעוֹר וְזוֹרֵק אֶבֶן לְמַרְקוּלִיס, זוֹ הִיא עֲבוֹדָתוֹ וְחַיָּב, אֲבָל זִבּוּחַ וְקִטּוּר וְנִסּוּךְ וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוָאָה – אֲפִלּוּ שֶׁלֹּא כְדַרְכָּהּ חַיָּב (סנהדרין ס'):

How did . . . worship? Since no punishment was specified for idol worship except for slaughtering, burning, pouring libations, or prostrating oneself, as it is written, “For the sake of none but Adonoy alone” — activities generally performed for the sake of the Supreme Being. This passage proceeds to teach that, if it is customary to worship an idol with some other ritual for example, exposing oneself for the sake of Peor, or casting a stone for the sake of Markolis — then that is its recognized worship form, and [the worshiper] is liable. However, for slaughtering, burning, pouring libations, and prostrating oneself, even when not customary, one is liable.

כי גם את בניהם. "גַּם" – לְרַבּוֹת אֶת אֲבוֹתֵיהֶם וְאִמּוֹתֵיהֶם; אָמַר רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אֲנִי רָאִיתִי גוֹי שֶׁכְּפָתוֹ לְאָבִיו לִפְנֵי כַלְבּוֹ וַאֲכָלוֹ (ספרי):

For, even their sons. “Even” includes their fathers and mothers. R’ Akiva said, ‘I saw a Gentile tie his father before his dog, who then ate him.’

את כל הדבר. קַלָּה כַּחֲמוּרָה (שם):

Everything. The less significant as well as the greatly consequential.

תשמרו לעשות. לִתֵּן לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה עַל עֲשֵׂה הָאֲמוּרִים בַּפָּרָשָׁה, שֶׁכָּל הִשָּׁמֶר לְשׁוֹן לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה הוּא, אֶלָּא שֶׁאֵין לוֹקִין עַל הִשָּׁמֶר שֶׁל עֲשֵׂה (מכות י"ג):

Be careful to fulfill. This adds a negative command to the positive commands stated in this chapter, as “be careful” always denotes a negative command, except that one is not punished with lashes for violating “be careful” when it is added to a positive command.

לא תסף עליו. חֲמִשָּׁה טֹטָפוֹת, חֲמִשָּׁה מִינִין בַּלּוּלָב, אַרְבַּע בְּרָכוֹת לְבִרְכַּת כֹּהֲנִים (ספרי):

Do not add to it. Five totafos with the tefilin, five species with the lulav, four benedictions with the priestly benediction.

ונתן אליך אות. בַּשָּׁמַיִם, כָּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בְּגִדְעוֹן (שופטים ו') "וְעָשִׂיתָ לִּי אוֹת" וְאוֹמֵר "יְהִי נָא חֹרֶב אֶל הַגִּזָּה" וְגוֹ':

And he gives you an omen. In the heavens, as it is said with Gideon, “Produce an omen for me,” and it is said, “Please, let the fleece be dry, etc.”

או מופת. בָּאָרֶץ, אַעַ"פִּ כֵן לֹא תִשְׁמַע לוֹ, וְאִם תֹּאמַר מִפְּנֵי מָה נוֹתֵן לוֹ הַקָּבָּ"ה מֶמְשָׁלָה לַעֲשׂוֹת אוֹת? כי מנסה ה' אלהיכם אתכם (ספרי; עי' סנהדרין צ'):

Or a miracle. On earth. In spite of this, pay no heed to him. And should you ask, ‘Why has the Holy One, may He be blessed, empowered him to produce an omen’? “For Adonoy your God is testing you.”

ואת מצותיו תשמרו. תּוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה:

Keep his commandments. The Torah given through Moshe.

ובקלו תשמעו. בְּקוֹל הַנְּבִיאִים:

Heed his voice. The voice of the prophets.

ואתו תעבדו. בְּמִקְדָּשׁוֹ (ספרי):

Serve Him. In his Sanctuary.

ובו תדבקון. הִדַּבֵּק בִּדְרָכָיו – גְּמֹל חֲסָדִים, קְבֹר מֵתִים, בַּקֵּר חוֹלִים, כְּמוֹ שֶׁעָשָׂה הַקָּבָּ"ה (סוטה י"ד):

Cleave to Him. Embrace His ways; engage in kindness, bury the dead, and visit the sick, just as the Holy One, may He be blessed, did.

סרה. דָּבָר הַמּוּסָר מִן הָעוֹלָם, שֶׁלֹּא הָיָה וְלֹא נִבְרָא וְלֹא צִוִּיתִיו לְדַבֵּר כֵּן, דישטו"רנורא בְּלַעַז:

A fabrication. Something cast out of the universe, non-existent, never created. I never told him to say it. Destolude, “perverted” in Old French.

והפדך מבית עבדים. אֲפִלּוּ אֵין לוֹ עָלֶיךָ אֶלָּא שֶׁפְּדָאֲךָ — דַּיּוֹ (ספרי):

And redeemed you from the house of bondage. Even if He had done nothing for you but redeemed you, this is sufficient.

כי יסיתך. אֵין הֲסָתָה אֶלָּא גֵּרוּי, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ש"מ כ"ו) אִם ה' הֱסִיתְךָ בִּי, אנסיטר"א בְּלַעַז, שֶׁמַּשִּׂיאוֹ לַעֲשׂוֹת כֵּן:

If . . . should incite you. The word הֲסָתָה always denotes inciting, as it is said, “If Adonoy has incited you against me.” Ametra, “seduce” in Old French. He seduces him into performing the act.

אחיך. מֵאָב:

Your brother. Paternally, or —

אוֹ בן אמך. מֵאֵם:

Your mother’s son. Maternally.

חיקך. הַשּׁוֹכֶבֶת בְּחֵיקְךָ וּמְחֻקָּה בְּךָ, אפקיי"דא בְּלַעַז, וְכֵן (יחזקאל מ"ג), "וּמֵחֵיק הָאָרֶץ" – מִיסוֹד הַתָּקוּעַ בָּאָרֶץ:

Your bosom. Who reclines in your bosom, and is wrapped up with you. Afichiede in Old French. Similarly, “And from the area wrapped in the earth” — from the foundation embedded in the earth.

אשר כנפשך. זֶה אָבִיךָ, פֵּרֵשׁ לְךָ הַכָּתוּב אֶת הַחֲבִיבִין לְךָ, קַ"וָ לַאֲחֵרִים:

Who is your soul mate. This refers to your father. Scripture specifies those whom you cherish — certainly with others.

בסתר. דִּבֵּר הַכָּתוּב בַּהוֹוֶה, שֶׁאֵין דִּבְרֵי מֵסִית אֶלָּא בַּסֵּתֶר, וְכֵן שְׁלֹמֹה הוּא אוֹמֵר (משלי ז') "בְּנֶשֶׁף בְּעֶרֶב יוֹם בְּאִישׁוֹן לַיְלָה וַאֲפֵלָה":

Clandestinely. Scripture depicts ordinary circumstances. The seducer will ordinarily only deliver his message clandestinely. Similarly, Solomon says, “In the evening, when day has darkened into night, in the black of night and murkiness.”

אשר לא ידעת אתה ואבתיך. דָּבָר זֶה גְּנַאי גָּדוֹל הוּא לְךָ – שֶׁאַף הָאֻמּוֹת אֵין מַנִּיחִין מַה שֶּׁמָּסְרוּ לָהֶם אֲבוֹתֵיהֶם, וְזֶה אוֹמֵר לְךָ עֲזֹב מַה שֶּׁמָּסְרוּ לְךָ אֲבוֹתֶיךָ (ספרי):

Whom you never knew, neither you nor your forefathers. This is something extremely degrading to you, for even the Gentile nations do not abandon their forefathers’ tradition; yet, he tells you ‘Abandon your forefathers’ tradition’!

הקרבים אליך או הרחקים. לָמָּה פֵּרֵט קְרוֹבִים וּרְחוֹקִים? אֶלָּא כָּךְ אָמַר הַכָּתוּב: מִטִּיבָן שֶׁל קְרוֹבִים אַתָּה לָמֵד טִיבָן שֶׁל רְחוֹקִים, כְּשֵׁם שֶׁאֵין מַמָּשׁ בַּקְּרוֹבִים, כָּךְ אֵין מַמָּשׁ בָּרְחוֹקִים (סנהדרין ס"א):

Who are near you or at a distance. Why specify “near” and “distant”? Rather, Scripture states the following: By the nature of those nearby, you may learn the nature of those at distance. Just as those nearby are empty of substance, so are those distant insubstantial.

מקצה הארץ. זוֹ חַמָּה וּלְבָנָה וּצְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם שֶׁהֵן מְהַלְּכִין מִסּוֹף הָעוֹלָם וְעַד סוֹפוֹ (ספרי):

From the ends of the earth. This refers to the sun, the moon, and the heavenly hosts, which traverse the world from end to end.

לא תאבה לו. לֹא תְהֵא תָאֵב לוֹ, לֹא תֶּאֱהָבֶנּוּ, לְפִי שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ויקרא י"ט) וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ – אֶת זֶה לֹא תֶאֱהַב:

Do not be favorably inclined towards him. Do not be inclined towards him, do not love him. Because it is said, “Love your fellow as yourself” — here, do not love him.

ולא תשמע אליו. בְּהִתְחַנְּנוֹ עַל נַפְשׁוֹ לִמְחֹל לוֹ, לְפִי שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שמות כ"ג) עָזֹב תַּעֲזֹב עִמּוֹ – לָזֶה לֹא תַעֲזֹב:

Do not listen to him. When he begs for his life, for forgiveness. Because it is said, “Lay aside [your hatred of him] and assist him” — here, do not lay aside [your hatred].

ולא תחוס עינך עליו. לְפִי שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ויקרא י"ט) לֹא תַעֲמֹד עַל דַּם רֵעֶךָ – עַל זֶה לֹא תָחֹס:

Do not view him compassionately. Because it is said, “Do not stand by at the spilling of your brother’s blood” — here, have no compassion.

ולא תחמל. לֹא תַהֲפֹךְ בִּזְכוּתוֹ:

Do not take pity. Do not extend yourself to exonerate him.

ולא תכסה עליו. אִם אַתָּה יוֹדֵעַ לוֹ חוֹבָה אֵינְךָ רַשַּׁאי לִשְׁתֹּק (ספרי):

Do not cover for him. If you have incriminating information, you are not permitted to keep silent.

כי הרג תהרגנו. אִם יָצָא מִבֵּ"דִּ זַכַּאי הַחֲזִירֵהוּ לְחוֹבָה, יָצָא מִבֵּית דִּין חַיָּב אַל תַּחֲזִירֵהוּ לִזְכוּת (שם):

For you must surely execute him. If the court found him innocent, retry him to incriminate him; but if the court found him guilty, do not retry him to exonerate him.

ידך תהיה בו בראשונה. מִצְוָה בְּיַד הַנִּסָּת לַהֲמִיתוֹ. לֹא מֵת בְּיָדוֹ, יָמוּת בְּיַד אֲחֵרִים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ויד כל העם וגו' (עי' ספרי):

Let your hand strike him first. It is a mitzvah for the object of his seduction to execute him. If he did not succeed in killing him, then others must perform the execution, as it is said, “The hand of all the people, etc.”

לשבת שם. פְּרָט לִירוּשָׁלַיִם שֶׁלֹּא נִתְּנָה לְדִירָה (שם):

In which to settle. This excludes Jerusalem, which was not given as a dwelling place.

כי תשמע, לאמר. אוֹמְרִים כֵּן יָצְאוּ וְגוֹ' –

If you hear, etc., saying. Saying the following:

אנשים. וְלֹא נָשִׁים:

Men have gone out — unscrupulous. Without a yoke, as they have cast off the yoke of Heaven.

בני בליעל. בְּלִי עֹל, שֶׁפָּרְקוּ עֻלּוֹ שֶׁל מָקוֹם (שם):

Men. But not women.

ישבי עירם. וְלֹא יוֹשְׁבֵי עִיר אַחֶרֶת, מִכָּאן אָמְרוּ אֵין נַעֲשֵׂית עִיר הַנִּדַּחַת עַד שֶׁיַּדִּיחוּהָ אֲנָשִׁים וְעַד שֶׁיִּהְיוּ מַדִּיחֶיהָ מִתּוֹכָהּ (סנהדרין קי"א):

The inhabitants of their city. But not the inhabitants of another city. From here it is derived that an apostate city cannot be so designated unless suborned by men, and by its own constituents.

ודרשת וחקרת ושאלת היטב. מִכָּאן לָמְדוּ שֶׁבַע חֲקִירוֹת מֵרִבּוּי הַמִּקְרָא, כָּאן יֵשׁ ג' – דְּרִישָׁה וַחֲקִירָה וְהֵיטֵב, וְשָׁאַלְתָּ אֵינוֹ מִן הַמִּנְיָן, וּמִמֶּנּוּ לָמְדוּ בְּדִיקוֹת – וּבְמָקוֹם אַחֵר הוּא אוֹמֵר (דברים י"ט) "וְדָרְשׁוּ הַשּׁוֹפְטִים הֵיטֵב", וְעוֹד בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר הוּא אוֹמֵר (שם י"ז) "וְדָרַשְׁתָּ הֵיטֵב", לָמְדוּ 'הֵיטֵב' 'הֵיטֵב' לִגְזֵרָה שָׁוָה, לִתֵּן הָאָמוּר שֶׁל זֶה בָּזֶה (סנהדרין מ'):

You must investigate, inquire, and interrogate thoroughly. From here it is derived that there are seven inquiries, from the added passages. Here there are three: “investigation,” “inquiry,” and “thoroughness.” “Interrogate” is not counted, since the examining interrogation is derived from there. Elsewhere, it is said, “The magistrates must investigate thoroughly.” Still elsewhere, it is said, “You must investigate thoroughly.” ”Thoroughly” and “Thoroughly” are extrapolated by the principle of textual comparison, so that the Torah’s specifications with each may be applied to the other.

הכה תכה. אִם אֵינְךָ יָכוֹל לַהֲמִיתָם בַּמִּיתָה הַכְּתוּבָה בָּהֶם, הֲמִיתֵם בְּאַחֶרֶת (ספרי; בבא מציעא ל"א):

You must surely strike down. If you are unable to execute them by the method specified by Scripture for them, execute them by another method.

לה' אלהיך. לִשְׁמוֹ וּבִשְׁבִילוֹ:

For Adonoy your God. For His Name and for His sake.

למען ישוב ה' מחרון אפו. שֶׁכָּל זְמַן שֶׁעֲ"זָ בָעוֹלָם חֲרוֹן אַף בָּעוֹלָם (ספרי):

So that Adonoy withdraws His raising fury. For, so long as idolatry exists in the world, fury rages in the world.

לא תתגדדו. לֹא תִתְּנוּ גְדִידָה וְשֶׂרֶט בִּבְשַׂרְכֶם עַל מֵת כְּדֶרֶךְ שֶׁהָאֱמוֹרִיִּים עוֹשִׂין, לְפִי שֶׁאַתֶּם בָּנָיו שֶׁל מָקוֹם וְאַתֶּם רְאוּיִין לִהְיוֹת נָאִים וְלֹא גְּדוּדִים וּמְקֹרָחִים:

Do not lacerate yourselves. Do not inflict lacerations and gashes on your flesh over the dead, as is the custom among the Emorites for you are God’s children, and must therefore appear suitably becoming, rather than lacerated and hairless.

בין עיניכם. אֵצֶל הַפַּדַּחַת, וּבְמָקוֹם אַחֵר הוּא אוֹמֵר (ויקרא כ"א) לֹא יִקְרְחֻה בְּרֹאשָׁם – לַעֲשׂוֹת כָּל הָרֹאשׁ כְּבֵין הָעֵינַיִם (ספרי):

Between your eyes. Near the forehead. Elsewhere it is said, “They may not tear bald spots in their heads.” This equates the entire head with the area between the eyes.

כי עם קדוש אתה. קְדֻשַּׁת עַצְמְךָ מֵאֲבוֹתֶיךָ, וְעוֹד ובך בחר ה':

For you are a sacred people. Your own sanctity extends from your forefathers; in addition, “Adonoy has chosen you.”

כל תועבה. כָּל שֶׁתִּעַבְתִּי לְךָ, כְּגוֹן צָרַם אֹזֶן בְּכוֹר כְּדֵי לְשָׁחֳטוֹ בַמְּדִינָה הֲרֵי דָּבָר שֶׁתִּעַבְתִּי לְךָ, כָּל מוּם לֹא יִהְיֶה בּוֹ, בָּא וְלִמֵּד כָּאן שֶׁלֹּא יִשְׁחַט וְיֹאכַל עַל אוֹתוֹ הַמּוּם. בִּשֵּׁל בָּשָׂר בְּחָלָב הֲרֵי דָּבָר שֶׁתִּעַבְתִּי לְךָ, וְהִזְהִיר כָּאן עַל אֲכִילָתוֹ (חולין קי"ד):

Any abomination. Anything I made abominable to you. For example, puncturing the ear of a first-born animal in order to slaughter it outside the Sanctuary — this is something I made abominable to you, from “There shall not be any blemish on it.” Here the Torah proceeds to teach that it is forbidden to slaughter it and then eat it on the basis of that blemish. If one cooked meat with milk — this is something I made abominable to you, so eating it is prohibited here.

זאת הבהמה, איל וצבי ויחמור. לָמַדְנוּ שֶׁהַחַיָּה בִכְלַל בְּהֵמָה, וְלָמַדְנוּ שֶׁהַבְּהֵמָה וְחַיָּה טְמֵאָה מְרֻבָּה מִן הַטְּהוֹרָה, שֶׁבְּכָל מָקוֹם פּוֹרֵט אֶת הַמֻּעָט (ספרי; חולין י"ג):

These are the animals . . . the gazelle, the deer, the antelope. We learn that wild animals are included in the word בְּהֵמָה, “animal”; and we learn that the unclean domestic and wild animals are more numerous than the clean ones, since the less numerous are specified everywhere.

ואקו. מְתֻרְגָּם יַעֲלָא (איוב ל"ט) "יַעֲלֵי סָלַע", הוּא אשטנב"וק:

The ibex. Targum renders “wild goat,” “Mountain goats.” This is the esteinbuc [in Old French].

ותאו. "תּוֹרְבָּלָא", תּוֹר הַיַּעַר, "בָּלָא" — יַעַר בִּלְשׁוֹן אֲרַמִּי:

And the wild ox. Torbala, ‘ox of the forest.’ Bala, ‘forest’ in Aramaic.

מפרסת. סְדוּקָה, כְּתַרְגּוּמוֹ:

Cloven. Split, as Targum [Onkelos] renders.

פרסה. פלאנט"א:

Hoof. Plante [in Old French].

ושסעת. חֲלוּקָה בִשְׁתֵּי צִפָּרְנַיִם, שֶׁיֵּשׁ סְדוּקָה וְאֵינָהּ חֲלוּקָה בַּצִּפָּרְנַיִם, וְהִיא טְמֵאָה:

Truly split. Divided into two nails. Some are cloven, but not divided into nails. They are unclean.

בבהמה. מַשְׁמַע מַה שֶּׁנִּמְצָא בַבְּהֵמָה אֱכֹל, מִכָּאן אָמְרוּ שֶׁהַשְּׁלִיל נִתָּר בִּשְׁחִיטַת אִמּוֹ (חולין ס"ט):

Within the animals. The inference is, ‘what is found within the animal, you may eat.’ From here it is derived that the fetus is permitted through the slaughter of its mother.

השסועה. בְּרִיָּה הִיא שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָהּ שְׁנֵי גַּבִּין וּשְׁתֵּי שִׁדְרָאוֹת (שם ס'); אָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ לָמָּה נִשְׁנוּ? בַּבְּהֵמוֹת מִפְּנֵי הַשְּׁסוּעָה וּבָעוֹפוֹת מִפְּנֵי הָרָאָה, שֶׁלֹּא נֶאֱמְרוּ בְּת"כֹּ (שם ס"ג):

The dromedary. A creature with two humps and two spinal columns. The Rabbis remark: Why were they repeated? The animals — because of the dromedary, and the fowl — because of the ra’ah, which were not listed in Toras Kohanim.

ובנבלתם לא תגעו. רַבּוֹתֵינוּ פֵּרְשׁוּ — בָּרֶגֶל, שֶׁאָדָם חַיָּב לְטַהֵר אֶת עַצְמוֹ בָּרֶגֶל, יָכוֹל יִהְיוּ מֻזְהָרִים בְּכָל הַשָּׁנָה, תַּ"לֹ "אֱמֹר אֶל הַכֹּהֲנִים וְגוֹ'", וּמַה טֻּמְאַת הַמֵּת חֲמוּרָה, הַכֹּהֲנִים מֻזְהָרִים וְאֵין יִשְׂרָאֵל מֻזְהָרִים, טֻמְאַת נְבֵלָה קַלָּה, לֹא כָּל שֶׁכֵּן:

And do not come in contact with their carcasses. The Rabbis explain that this applies during the festivals, for a man is required to purify himself during the festival. Perhaps the admonition applies throughout the year? The Torah therefore teaches, “Say to the kohanim, etc.” If uncleanliness emanating from a human corpse is stringent, restricting only the kohanim, but not the Israelites — then the lenient uncleanliness emanating from an animal carcass is — certainly.

כל צפור טהרה תאכלו. לְהַתִּיר מְשֻׁלַּחַת שֶׁבַּמְּצֹרָע (ספרי; קידושין נ"ז):

You may eat any pure bird. This permits the bird released by the metzora.

וזה אשר לא תאכלו מהם. לֶאֱסֹר אֶת הַשְּׁחוּטָה (שם):

This is what you may not eat. This prohibits the slaughtered bird.

הראה והאיה. הִיא רָאָה הִיא אַיָּה הִיא דַיָּה, וְלָמָּה נִקְרָא שְׁמָהּ רָאָה? שֶׁרוֹאָה בְּיוֹתֵר, וְלָמָּה הִזְהִיר בְּכָל שְׁמוֹתֶיהָ? שֶׁלֹּא לִתֵּן פִּתְחוֹן פֶּה לְבַעַל דִּין לַחֲלֹק – שֶׁלֹּא יְהֵא הָאוֹסְרָהּ קוֹרֵא אוֹתָהּ רָאָה, וְהַבָּא לְהַתִּיר אוֹמֵר זוֹ דַּיָּה שְׁמָהּ אוֹ אַיָּה שְׁמָהּ, וְזוֹ לֹא אָסַר הַכָּתוּב. וּבָעוֹפוֹת פֵּרֵט לְךָ הַטְּמֵאִים לְלַמֵּד שֶׁהָעוֹפוֹת הַטְּהוֹרִים מְרֻבִּים עַל הַטְּמֵאִים, לְפִיכָךְ פֵּרֵט אֶת הַמֻּעָט (חולין ס"ג):

The ra’ah, ayah, etc. The ra’ah, ayah, and dayah are one and the same. Why is it entitled “ra’ah”? Because its vision is exceedingly powerful. Why does our prohibition specify all its names? In order to refute those who would take exception; so that one does not prohibit it as “ra’ah,” while another permits it with the claim that its name is “dayah,” or its name is “ayah,” and it was thus never prohibited by Scripture. With the birds, the impure ones are specified. This teaches that the pure birds are more numerous than the impure ones. Therefore, those less numerous are specified.

התנשמת. קלב"א שורי"ץ:

And the tinshames. Chalve soriz, [in Old French].

שלך. הַשּׁוֹלֶה דָּגִים מִן הַיָּם (שם):

The shalach. Which catches fish in the ocean.

דוכיפת. הוּא תַּרְנְגוֹל הַבָּר, וּבְלַעַז הרו"פא, וְכַרְבָּלְתּוֹ כְפוּלָה (גיט' ס"ח):

The duchifas. This refers to the wild turkey, in Old French, herupe, with a double crest.

שרץ העוף. הֵם הַנְּמוּכִים, הָרוֹחֲשִׁים עַל הָאָרֶץ. זְבוּבִין וּצְרָעִים וַחֲגָבִים טְמֵאִים קְרוּיִים שֶׁרֶץ:

Flying creeping creatures. This refers to tiny insects that creep along the ground. Flies, hornets, and impure locusts, are called שֶׁרֶץ .

כל עוף טהור תאכלו. וְלֹא אֶת הַטָּמֵא, בָּא לִתֵּן עֲשֵׂה עַל לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה; וְכֵן בַּבְּהֵמָה "אֹתָהּ תֹּאכֵלוּ", וְלֹא בְהֵמָה טְמֵאָה, וְלָאו הַבָּא מִכְּלַל עֲשֵׂה עֲשֵׂה, לַעֲבֹר עֲלֵיהֶם בַּעֲשֵׂה וְלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה:

Every ritually clean bird, you may eat. But not the impure ones. This adds a positive command to the negative. Similarly with the animals: “That, you may eat” — but not impure animals. A negative command derived from a positive statement is regarded as a positive command, so that the violator transgresses a positive as well as a negative command.

לגר אשר בשעריך. גֵּר תּוֹשָׁב שֶׁקִּבֵּל עָלָיו שֶׁלֹּא לַעֲבֹד עֲ"זָ וְאוֹכֵל נְבֵלוֹת (ספרי):

To the alien in your cities. The resident alien, who has resolved to refrain from idolatry, but eats meat without ritual slaughter.

כי עם קדוש אתה לה'. קַדֵּשׁ אֶת עַצְמְךָ בַּמֻּתָּר לְךָ – דְּבָרִים הַמֻּתָּרִים וַאֲחֵרִים נוֹהֲגִים בָּהֶם אִסּוּר, אַל תַּתִּירֵם בִּפְנֵיהֶם (שם):

For you are a people sanctified to Adonoy. Sanctify yourselves by abstaining from that which is permitted. Things which are permitted, but some abstain from them as if they were prohibited; do not permit them in their presence.

לא תבשל גדי. שָׁלוֹשׁ פְּעָמִים, פְּרָט לְחַיָּה וּלְעוֹפוֹת וְלִבְהֵמָה טְמֵאָה (חולין קי"ג):

Do not cook a kid. Three times; this excludes wild animals, fowl, and impure animals.

לא תבשל גדי‎ … עשר תעשר. מָה עִנְיַן זֶה אֵצֶל זֶה? אָמַר לָהֶם הַקָּבָּ"ה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל: אַל תִּגְרְמוּ לִי לְבַשֵּׁל גְּדָיִים שֶׁל תְּבוּאָה עַד שֶׁהֵן בִּמְעֵי אִמּוֹתֵיהֶן, שֶׁאִם אֵין אַתֶּם מְעַשְּׂרִים מַעַשְׂרוֹת כָּרָאוּי כְּשֶׁהוּא סָמוּךְ לְהִתְבַּשֵּׁל אֲנִי מוֹצִיא רוּחַ קָדִים וְהִיא מְשַׁדַּפְתָּן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (מלכים ב י"ט) "וּשְׁדֵפָה לִפְנֵי קָמָה", וְכֵן לְעִנְיַן בִּכּוּרִים (פסיק' ר'; תנחומא):

Do not cook a kid, etc. You must surely tithe. What is the relationship between the two subjects? The Holy One, may He be blessed, said to Yisroel, ‘Do not cause Me to cook the young shoots of your crops while still in their mothers’ innards, for, if you do not tithe properly, just before their ripening I shall summon the east wind and batter them, as it is said, “battered before becoming standing grain.” Similarly, with regard to the bikurim-gift.

שנה שנה. מִכָּאן שֶׁאֵין מְעַשְּׂרִין מִן הֶחָדָשׁ עַל הַיָּשָׁן (ספרי):

On a yearly basis. From here it is derived that one may not use the new crop as tithe for the old.

ואכלת וגו'. זֶה מַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי. שֶׁכְּבָר לִמְּדָנוּ לִתֵּן מַעֲשֵׂר רִאשׁוֹן לַלְוִיִם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר "כִּי תִקְחוּ מֵאֵת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְגוֹ'" (במדבר י"ח) וְנָתַן לָהֶם רְשׁוּת לְאָכְלוֹ בְּכָל מָקוֹם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר "וַאֲכַלְתֶּם אֹתוֹ בְּכָל מָקוֹם" (שם י"ח), עַל כָּרְחֲךָ זֶה מַעֲשֵׂר אַחֵר הוּא:

You shall eat, etc. This refers to the second tithe, for we have already been taught to give the first tithe to the Levites, as it is said, “When you receive, from the Israelites, etc.” And they are permitted to eat it anywhere, as it is said, “You may eat it anywhere.” Obviously, then, this refers to a different tithe.

כי יברכך. שֶׁתְּהֵא הַתְּבוּאָה מְרֻבָּה לָשֵׂאת:

For . . . has blessed you. So that the grain is too abundant to carry.

בכל אשר תאוה נפשך – כְּלָל:

For anything you desire. This is a general statement.

בבקר ובצאן וביין ובשכר – פְּרָט:

For cattle, flocks, wine, intoxicating liquor. This is specific.

ובכל אשר תשאלך נפשך – חָזַר וְכָלַל, מַה הַפְּרָט מְפֹרָשׁ וְלַד וַלְדוֹת הָאָרֶץ וְרָאוּי לְמַאֲכַל אָדָם וְכוּ' (עירובין כ"ז):

And for anything that you wish. This is a return to the general. Just as the specific statement refers explicitly to the earth’s progeny which is suitable for human consumption, etc.

והלוי, לא תעזבנו. מִלִּתֵּן לוֹ מַעֲשֵׂר רִאשׁוֹן:

And the Levite, etc., you must not abandon. By neglecting to give him the first tithe.

כי אין לו חלק ונחלה עמך. יָצְאוּ לֶקֶט שִׁכְחָה וּפֵאָה וְהֶפְקֵר, שֶׁאַף הוּא יֵשׁ לוֹ חֵלֶק עִמְּךָ בָּהֶן כָּמוֹךָ, וְאֵינָן חַיָּבִין בְּמַעֲשֵׂר:

Since he has no portion or inheritance with you. This excludes the gleaning, forgotten sheaves, and edge of the field gifts, and abandoned produce, since his share in them is equivalent to yours. Hence, they are exempt from tithing.

מקצה שלש שנים. בָּא וְלִמֵּד שֶׁאִם הִשְׁהָה מַעַשְׂרוֹתָיו שֶׁל שָׁנָה רִאשׁוֹנָה וּשְׁנִיָּה לִשְׁמִטָּה, שֶׁיְּבַעֲרֵם מִן הַבַּיִת בַּשְּׁלִישִׁית:

At the end of three years. This comes to teach that if one withheld his tithes during the first and second years of the shmittah-cycle, he must divest his home of them during the third year.

ובא הלוי. וְיִטֹּל מַעֲשֵׂר רִאשׁוֹן:

The Levite shall come. And take the first tithe.

והגר והיתום. וְיִטְּלוּ מַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי, שֶׁהוּא שֶׁל עָנִי שֶׁל שָׁנָה זוֹ, וְלֹא תֹאכְלֶנּוּ אַתָּה בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם כְּדֶרֶךְ שֶׁנִּזְקַקְתָּ לֶאֱכֹל מַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי שֶׁל שְׁתֵּי שָׁנִים:

And the proselyte and the orphan. They take the second tithe, which belongs to the indigent this year. You are not required to eat it in Jerusalem, the way you are required to eat the second tithe during the first two years.

ואכלו ושבעו. תֵּן לָהֶם כְּדֵי שָׂבְעָן, מִכָּאן אָמְרוּ אֵין פּוֹחֲתִין לֶעָנִי בַּגֹּרֶן וְכוּ' (ספרי קי). וְאַתָּה הוֹלֵךְ לִירוּשָׁלַיִם בַּמַּעֲשֵׂר שֶׁל שָׁנָה רִאשׁוֹנָה וּשְׁנִיָּה שֶׁהִשְׁהֵיתָ, וּמִתְוַדֶּה "בִּעַרְתִּי הַקֹּדֶשׁ מִן הַבַּיִת" כְּמוֹ שֶׁמְּפֹרָשׁ בְּכִי תְכַלֶּה לַעְשֵׂר (דברים כ"ו):

Let them eat their fill. Give them enough to satiate them. From here we derive, “One may not give the indigent in the threshing area less than, etc.” You must bring to Jerusalem the first and second year’s tithes which you withheld, and confess, ‘I have divested my home of the sacred produce’ as specified in “When you have finished tithing.”

מקץ שבע שנים. יָכוֹל שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים לְכָל מִלְוָה וּמִלְוָה, תַּ"לֹ "קָרְבָה שְׁנַת הַשֶּׁבַע", וְאִם אַתָּה אוֹמֵר שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים לְכָל מִלְוָה וּמִלְוָה, לְהַלְוָאוֹת כָּל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד, הֵיאַךְ הִיא קְרֵבָה? הָא לָמַדְתָּ שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים לְמִנְיַן הַשְּׁמִטָּה (ספרי):

At the end of seven years. Perhaps seven years for each and every loan? The Torah therefore teaches, “The seventh year is approaching.” If you say that there are seven years for each and every loan? for everyone’s loan, how is it that it is approaching? This teaches that the seven years follow the count of the shemitah cycle.

שמוט כל בעל משה ידו. שָׁמוֹט אֶת יָדוֹ שֶׁל כָּל בַּעַל מַשֶּׁה:

Suspend every creditor’s hand. Suspend the hand of every creditor.

את הנכרי תגש. זוֹ מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה (שם):

You should demand payment from the stranger. This is a positive commandment.

אפס כי לא יהיה בך אביון. וּלְהַלָּן הוּא אוֹמֵר "כִּי לֹא יֶחְדַּל אֶבְיוֹן"? אֶלָּא בִּזְמַן שֶׁאַתֶּם עוֹשִׂים רְצוֹנוֹ שֶׁל מָקוֹם אֶבְיוֹנִים בַּאֲחֵרִים וְלֹא בָכֶם, וּכְשֶׁאֵין אַתֶּם עוֹשִׂים רְצוֹנוֹ שֶׁל מָקוֹם אֶבְיוֹנִים בָּכֶם:

End it [poverty], so that there will be no one destitute among you. Yet elsewhere it is said, “For the destitute will never cease.” But, whenever you fulfill the will of God, there will be destitute among others, but not among you; whenever you fail to fulfill the will of God, there will be destitute among you.

אביון. דַּל מֵעָנִי, וּלְשׁוֹן אֶבְיוֹן שֶׁהוּא תָּאֵב לְכָל דָּבָר (עי' ויקרא רבה ל"ד):

Destitute. [This refers to someone] poorer than עָנִי, “indigent.” The word אֶבְיוֹן denotes someone desirous of everything.

רק אם שמוע תשמע. אָז לא יהיה בך אביון:

Only if you listen. Then, there will be no one destitute among you.

שמוע תשמע. שָׁמַע קִמְעָא מַשְׁמִיעִין אוֹתוֹ הַרְבֵּה (ספרי):

You listen [lit., “listen you listen”]. Listen a little, and you will be given the opportunity to listen much.

כאשר דבר לך. וְהֵיכָן דִּבֵּר? (דברים כ"ח) בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה בָּעִיר (ספרי):

Just as He told you. Where did He tell you? “You are blessed in the city.”

והעבטת. כָּל לְשׁוֹן הַלְוָאָה כְּשֶׁנּוֹפֵל עַל הַמַּלְוֶה נוֹפֵל בִּלְשׁוֹן מַפְעִיל, כְּגוֹן וְהִלְוִיתָ, וְהַעֲבַטְתָּ. וְאִם הָיָה אוֹמֵר וְעָבַטְתָּ הָיָה נוֹפֵל עַל הַלֹּוֶה, כְּמוֹ וְלָוִיתָ:

You will grant loans. Whenever a word denoting lending is used in reference to the lender, the usage is causative, “you will grant loans.” But if it had said וְעָבַעְתָּ, then it would refer to the borrower, as in “you will borrow.”

והעבטת גוים. יָכוֹל שֶׁתְּהֵא לֹוֶה מִזֶּה וּמַלְוֶה לָזֶה, תַּ"לֹ "וְאַתָּה לֹא תַעֲבֹט":

You will grant loans to nations. Perhaps you will borrow from one and lend to another? The Torah therefore teaches, “but you will not borrow.”

ומשלת בגוים רבים. יָכוֹל גוֹיִם אֲחֵרִים מוֹשְׁלִים עָלֶיךָ, תַּ"לֹ "וּבְךָ לֹא יִמְשֹׁלוּ" (שם):

You will rule over many nations. Perhaps other nations will rule over you? The Torah therefore teaches, “but they will not rule over you.”

כי יהיה בך אביון. הַתָּאֵב תָּאֵב קוֹדֵם:

If there should be someone destitute in your midst. The neediest should be given preference.

מאחד אחיך. אָחִיךָ מֵאָבִיךָ קוֹדֵם לְאָחִיךָ מֵאִמְּךָ:

Among one of your brothers. Your paternal brother should be given preference over your maternal brother.

שעריך. עֲנִיֵּי עִירְךָ קוֹדְמִים לַעֲנִיֵּי עִיר אַחֶרֶת:

Your cities. The indgent of your city should be given preference over the indigent of a different city.

לא תאמץ. יֵשׁ לְךָ אָדָם שֶׁמִּצְטַעֵר אִם יִתֵּן אִם לֹא יִתֵּן, לְכָךְ נֶאֱמַר "לֹא תְאַמֵּץ". יֵשׁ לְךָ שֶׁפּוֹשֵׁט אֶת יָדוֹ וְקוֹפְצָהּ, לְכָךְ נֶאֱמַר "לֹא תִקְפֹּץ" (שם):

Do not harden. Some people agonize over whether to give or not; the Torah therefore says, “Do not harden.” Some people open the hand, then close it; the Torah therefore says, “Do not close.”

מאחיך האביון. אִם לֹא תִתֵּן לוֹ, סוֹפְךָ לִהְיוֹת אָחִיו שֶׁל אֶבְיוֹן (שם):

Against your destitute brother. If you do not give him, you will eventually become a brother of the destitute.

פתח תפתח. אֲפִלּוּ כַמָּה פְעָמִים (שם):

You must surely open. [lit. “Open, you must open] Even repeatedly.

כי פתח תפתח. הֲרֵי כִי מְשַׁמֵּשׁ בִּלְשׁוֹן אֶלָּא:

Rather, you must surely open. כִּי here is understood as “rather.”

והעבט תעביטנו. אִם לֹא רָצָה בְמַתָּנָה תֵּן לוֹ בְּהַלְוָאָה (עי' שם; כתובות ס"ז):

You must surely extend a loan to him. If he refuses charity, extend a loan to him.

די מחסרו. וְאִי אַתָּה מְצֻוֶּה לְהַעֲשִׁירוֹ:

To cover the wants. However, you are not required to make him wealthy.

אשר יחסר לו. אֲפִלּוּ סוּס לִרְכֹּב עָלָיו וְעֶבֶד לָרוּץ לְפָנָיו (שם):

Which he lacks. Even a horse to ride, or a servant to announce his arrival.

לו. זוֹ אִשָּׁה וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר (בראשית ב') אֶעֱשֶׂה לּוֹ עֵזֶר כְּנֶגְדּוֹ (ספרי):

He [lit. “him.”] This refers to a wife. Similarly, it is said, “I shall make ‘him’ a helpmate alongside him.”

וקרא עליך. יָכוֹל מִצְוָה, תַּ"לֹ וְלֹא יִקְרָא:

And if he cries out, concerning you. Perhaps this is a mitzvah? The Torah therefore teaches “So that he does not cry out.”

והיה בך חטא. מִכָּל מָקוֹם, אֲפִלּוּ לֹא יִקְרָא. אִם כֵּן לָמָּה נֶאֱמַר "וְקָרָא עָלֶיךָ"? מְמַהֵר אֲנִי לִפָּרַע עַל יְדֵי הַקּוֹרֵא יוֹתֵר מִמִּי שֶׁאֵינוֹ קוֹרֵא (שם):

You will be regarded as sinful. In any case, even if he does not cry out. Then why does it say, “And if he cries out concerning you”? I punish more swiftly with an outcry than without an outcry.

נתון תתן לו. אֲפִלּוּ מֵאָה פְעָמִים:

You must surely give him. Even a hundred times.

לו. בֵּינוֹ וּבֵינְךָ:

Him. Between you and him [in total privacy].

כי בגלל הדבר. אֲפִלּוּ אָמַרְתָּ לִתֵּן, אַתָּה נוֹטֵל שְׂכַר הָאֲמִירָה עִם שְׂכַר הַמַּעֲשֶׂה (שם):

For, as a consequence of this thing [lit. this word]. Even if you merely said that you would give. You will be rewarded for saying as well as for giving,

על כן. מִפְּנֵי כֵן:

Therefore. For this reason.

לאמר. עֵצָה לְטוֹבָתְךָ אֲנִי מַשִּׂיאֲךָ:

Saying. I am counselling you for your own good.

לאחיך לעניך. לְאֵיזֶה אָח? לֶעָנִי:

To your brother, to your indigent. To which brother? To the indigent.

לעניך. בְּיוֹ"ד אֶחָד — לְשׁוֹן עָנִי אֶחָד הוּא, אֲבָל עֲנִיֶּיךָ בִשְׁנֵי יוֹדִי"ן — שְׁנֵי עֲנִיִּים:

To your indigent. With one yud meaning a single indigent. However, “your indigent” with two yuds refers to two of the indigents.

כי ימכר לך. עַל יְדֵי אֲחֵרִים, בִּמְכָרוּהוּ בֵּית דִּין בִּגְנֵבָתוֹ הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר; וַהֲרֵי כְבָר נֶאֱמַר "כִּי תִקְנֶה עֶבֶד עִבְרִי" וּבִמְכָרוּהוּ בֵית דִּין הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר? אֶלָּא מִפְּנֵי שְׁנֵי דְבָרִים שֶׁנִּתְחַדְּשׁוּ כָּאן, אֶחָד שֶׁכָּתוּב או העבריה אַף הִיא תֵצֵא בְּשֵׁשׁ. וְלֹא שֶׁמְּכָרוּהָ בֵית דִּין, שֶׁאֵין הָאִשָּׁה נִמְכֶּרֶת בִּגְנֵבָתָהּ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר "בִּגְנֵבָתוֹ" וְלֹא "בִגְנֵבָתָהּ" – אֶלָּא בִקְטַנָּה שֶׁמְּכָרָהּ אָבִיהָ, וְלִמֵּד כָּאן שֶׁאִם יָצְאוּ שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים קֹדֶם שֶׁתָּבִיא סִימָנִין תֵּצֵא, וְעוֹד חִדֵּשׁ כָּאן העניק תעניק:

If . . . is sold to you. Through others. When the courts sold him for his larceny, is Scripture’s subject here. But it is already said, “If you purchase a Hebrew slave,” and Scripture there refers to a sale by the courts. Rather, because of two novel teachings here. One, it is written “Or a Hebrew woman” — she must also be liberated after six years. But not a woman sold by the courts, since women are not sold for larceny, as it is said, “For ‘his’ larceny” — not for her larceny. Rather, a minor sold by her father. This teaches that if six years elapsed before she reached puberty, she must be liberated. Another novel teaching here is “you must surely present him with a severance bonus.”

העניק תעניק. לְשׁוֹן עֲדִי בַּגֹּבַהּ וּבְמַרְאִית הָעַיִן, דָּבָר שֶׁיְּהֵא נִכָּר שֶׁהֱטִיבוֹתָ לוֹ; וְיֵשׁ מְפָרְשִׁים לְשׁוֹן הַטְעָנָה עַל צַוָּארוֹ:

You must surely present him with a severance bonus. The literal meaning of this is “adornment,” to be held high and viewed. An object which indicates that you treated him benevolently. Some explain that the word refers to a necklace worn around the throat.

מצאנך ומגרנך ומיקבך. יָכוֹל אֵין לִי אֶלָּא אֵלּוּ בִּלְבַד, תַּ"לֹ אשר ברכך – מִכָּל מַה שֶּׁבֵּרַכְךָ בּוֹרַאֲךָ. וְלָמָּה נֶאֶמְרוּ אֵלּוּ? מָה אֵלּוּ מְיֻחָדִים שֶׁהֵם בִּכְלַל בְּרָכָה אַף כָּל שֶׁהוּא בִּכְלַל בְּרָכָה, יָצְאוּ פְּרָדוֹת; וְלָמְדוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ בְמַסֶּכֶת קִדּוּשִׁין (דף י"ז) בִּגְזֵרָה שָׁוָה כַּמָּה נוֹתֵן לוֹ מִכָּל מִין וָמִין:

From your flocks, your threshing area, and your wine cellar. Perhaps only from these alone? The Torah therefore teaches, “with which . . . blessed you.” From everything with which your Creator blessed you. Why are [only] these mentioned? Just as these are distinguished by their blessed status, so do we include everything categorized as blessed. This excludes mules. Also, the Rabbis derive in tractate Kidushin, through the gezerah shava-word comparison principle, the amount which must be given to him from each species.

וזכרת כי עבד היית. וְהֶעֱנַקְתִּי וְשָׁנִיתִי לְךָ מִבִּזַּת מִצְרַיִם וּבִזַּת הַיָּם, אַף אַתָּה הַעֲנֵק וּשְׁנֵה לוֹ (ספרי):

Remember that you were a slave. And I bestowed a parting gift and repeated it with the spoils of Egypt and [then] the spoils of the sea. You, as well, should bestow a severance gift and then repeat it.

עבד עולם. יָכוֹל כְּמַשְׁמָעוֹ, תַּ"לֹ "וְשַׁבְתֶּם אִישׁ אֶל אֲחֻזָּתוֹ וְאִישׁ אֶל מִשְׁפַּחְתּוֹ תָּשֻׁבוּ" (ויקרא כ"ה), הָא לָמַדְתָּ שֶׁאֵין זֶה אֶלָּא עוֹלָמוֹ שֶׁל יוֹבֵל (מכילתא שמות כ"א):

Perpetual slave. Perhaps this follows the plain meaning? The Torah therefore teaches, “Return, everyone, to his ancestral property, everyone shall return to his family.” This teaches that the reference here is merely in the perpetuity of Yovel.

ואף לאמתך תעשה כן. הַעֲנֵק לָהּ; יָכוֹל אַף לִרְצִיעָה הִשְׁוָה הַכָּתוּב אוֹתָהּ, תַּ"לֹ (שמות כ"א) "וְאִם אָמֹר יֹאמַר הָעֶבֶד" – עֶבֶד נִרְצָע וְאֵין אָמָה נִרְצַעַת (ספרי):

Do the same to your maid-servant as well. Bestow the severance bonus upon her. Perhaps even with the piercing [of the ear] Scripture equates her? The Torah therefore teaches. “If the slave should say.” The slave undergoes the piercing, but not the maid-servant.

כי משנה שכר שכיר. מִכָּאן אָמְרוּ עֶבֶד עִבְרִי עוֹבֵד בֵּין בַּיּוֹם וּבֵין בַּלַּיְלָה, וְזֶהוּ כִפְלַיִם שֶׁבַּעֲבוֹדַת שְׂכִירֵי יוֹם. וּמַהוּ עֲבוֹדָתוֹ בַלַּיְלָה? רַבּוֹ מוֹסֵר לוֹ שִׁפְחָה כְנַעֲנִית וְהַוְּלָדוֹת לָאָדוֹן (ספרי):

For, double the profit produced by the wage earner. From here it is derived that a Hebrew slave works day and night, thus producing double the work of the wage earner hired on a daily basis. What work does he do at night? His master gives him a Gentile maid-servant, and the offspring are the property of the owner.

כל הבכור, תקדיש. וּבְמָקוֹם אַחֵר (ויקרא כ"ז) הוּא אוֹמֵר "לֹא יַקְדִּישׁ אִישׁ אֹתוֹ", הָא כֵיצַד? אֵינוֹ מַקְדִּישׁוֹ לְקָרְבָּן אַחֵר; וְכָאן לִמֵּד שֶׁמִּצְוָה לוֹמַר הֲרֵי אַתָּה קָדוֹשׁ לִבְכוֹרָה. דָּ"אַ — אִי אֶפְשָׁר לוֹמַר "תַּקְדִּישׁ", שֶׁכְּבָר נֶאֱמַר "לֹא יַקְדִּישׁ", וְאִי אֶפְשָׁר לוֹמַר "לֹא יַקְדִּישׁ", שֶׁהֲרֵי כְבָר נֶאֱמַר "תַּקְדִּישׁ", הָא כֵיצַד? מַקְדִּישׁוֹ אַתָּה הֶקְדֵּשׁ עִלּוּי וְנוֹתֵן לַהֶקְדֵּשׁ כְּפִי טוֹבַת הֲנָאָה שֶׁבּוֹ (ערכין כ"ט):

Every firstborn . . . you must consecrate. Elsewhere it is said that one should not consecrate him. How is this resolved? He may not consecrate him as a different sacrifice. Here, however, it teaches that it is a mitzvah to declare ‘You are hereby consecrated as a firstborn.’ Another interpretation. One cannot say “You must consecrate”! since it has already been said. “Do not consecrate”! And one cannot say “Do not consecrate”! since it has already been said, “You must consecrate”! How is this resolved? You may consecrate it whereby its monetary value becomes sacred, then donate, to the sacred hekdesh domain, the value of its beneficiary payment.

לא תעבד בבכור שורך ולא תגז וגו'. אַף הַחִלּוּף לָמְדוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ שֶׁאָסוּר, אֶלָּא שֶׁדִּבֵּר הַכָּתוּב בַּהוֹוֶה (בכורות כ"ה):

You may not work with your first-born ox, or shear, etc. The converse, as well, is prohibited by Rabbinic derivation, but Scripture depicts what is commonly practiced.

לפני ה' אלהיך תאכלנו. לַכֹּהֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר, שֶׁכְּבָר מָצִינוּ שֶׁהוּא מִמַּתְּנוֹת כְּהֻנָּה אֶחָד תָּם וְאֶחָד בַּעַל מוּם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (במדבר י"ח) וּבְשָׂרָם יִהְיֶה לָּךְ וְגוֹ' (בכ' כ"ח):

Before Adonoy your God, you must eat it. This is addressed to the kohein, as we already find that this is one of the priestly gifts, whether sound or blemished, as it is said, “Their flesh shall be yours, etc.”

שנה בשנה. מִכָּאן שֶׁאֵין מַשְׁהִין אוֹתוֹ יוֹתֵר עַל שְׁנָתוֹ; יָכוֹל יְהֵא פָּסוּל מִשֶּׁעָבְרָה שְׁנָתוֹ, כְּבָר הֻקַּשׁ לְמַעֲשֵׂר, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים י"ד) וְאָכַלְתָּ לִפְנֵי ה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ מַעְשַׂר דְּגָנְךָ תִּירֹשְׁךָ וְיִצְהָרֶךָ וּבְכֹרֹת בְּקָרְךָ וְצֹאנֶךָ, מַה מַּעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי אֵינוֹ נִפְסָל מִשָּׁנָה לַחֲבֶרְתָּהּ אַף בְּכוֹר אֵינוֹ נִפְסָל, אֶלָּא שֶׁמִּצְוָה תּוֹךְ שְׁנָתוֹ (בכ' כ"ז):

Each year. This teaches that it should not be detained for more than a year. Perhaps it becomes disqualified once the year had passed? It has already been compared to the tithe, as it is said, “You must eat, before Adonoy your God, etc., the tithe of your grain, wine, and oil, and the first-born of your cattle and flocks.” Just as the second tithe is not disqualified from one year to the next, so is the first-born not disqualified. Rather, it is a mitzvah within the year.

שנה בשנה. אִם שְׁחָטוֹ בְּסוֹף שְׁנָתוֹ אוֹכְלוֹ אוֹתוֹ הַיּוֹם וְיוֹם אֶחָד מִשָּׁנָה אַחֶרֶת, לִמֵּד שֶׁנֶּאֱכָל לִשְׁנֵי יָמִים וְלַיְלָה אֶחָד (שם):

Each year [lit. year by year]. If it was slaughtered at the end of the year, it may be eaten that day, and another day into the following year. This teaches that it may be eaten for two days and a night.

מום. כְּלָל:

A blemish. This is a general statement.

פסח או עור. פְּרָט:

If it is crippled or blind. This is specific.

כל מום רע. חָזַר וְכָלַל — מַה הַפְּרָט מְפֹרָשׁ מוּם הַגָּלוּי וְאֵינוֹ חוֹזֵר, אַף כָּל מוּם שֶׁבַּגָּלוּי וְאֵינוֹ חוֹזֵר (שם ל"ז):

Any severe blemish. This returns to the general. Just as the specific statement refers explicitly to a visible permanent blemish, so must every disqualifying blemish be visible and permanent.

רק את דמו לא תאכל. שֶׁלֹּא תֹאמַר הוֹאִיל וְכֻלּוֹ הֶתֵּר הַבָּא מִכְּלַל אִסּוּר הוּא, שֶׁהֲרֵי קָדוֹשׁ וְנִשְׁחָט בַּחוּץ בְּלֹא פִדְיוֹן וְנֶאֱכָל, יָכוֹל יְהֵא אַף הַדָּם מֻתָּר, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר רק את דמו לא תאכל:

Only, do not eat its blood. In order that you do not say that, as the entire animal is permitted by exemption from a generally prohibited category — since it is sacred, yet may be slaughtered outside the sanctuary without redemption and eaten — then perhaps even its blood is permitted. The Torah therefore teaches “Only do not eat its blood.”

שמור את חדש האביב. מִקֹּדֶם בּוֹאוֹ שְׁמֹר שֶׁיְּהֵא רָאוּי לְאָבִיב – לְהַקְרִיב בּוֹ אֶת מִנְחַת הָעֹמֶר, וְאִם לָאו עַבֵּר אֶת הַשָּׁנָה (עי' סנהדרין י"א):

Take heed of the month of spring. Before it arrives. Take heed that it is compatible with springtime, so that you may bring the omer-mincha- offering. If not, add a month to the year.

ממצרים לילה. וַהֲלֹא בַּיּוֹם יָצְאוּ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (במדבר ל"ג) מִמָּחֳרַת הַפֶּסַח יָצְאוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְגוֹ'? אֶלָּא לְפִי שֶׁבַּלַּיְלָה נָתַן לָהֶם פַּרְעֹה רְשׁוּת לָצֵאת, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שמות י"ב) וַיִּקְרָא לְמֹשֶׁה וּלְאַהֲרֹן לַיְלָה וְגוֹ' (בראשית ט'):

From Egypt at night. But didn’t they leave by day, as it is said, “On the day after the pascal-offering, the Israelites went out, etc.”? But, because it was at night that Pharoah granted them permission to leave, as it is said, “He called for Moshe and Aharon at night, etc.”

וזבחת פסח לה' אלהיך צאן. שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שמות י"ב) מִן הַכְּבָשִׂים וּמִן הָעִזִּים תִּקָּחוּ:

You shall slaughter the pesach-offering to Adonoy your God; flocks. As it is said, “You shall take it from the sheep and goats.”

ובקר. תִּזְבַּח לַחֲגִיגָה, שֶׁאִם נִמְנוּ עַל הַפֶּסַח חֲבוּרָה מְרֻבָּה, מְבִיאִים עִמּוֹ חֲגִיגָה כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּהֵא נֶאֱכָל עַל הַשֹּׂבַע (פסחים ס"ט); וְעוֹד לָמְדוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ דְּבָרִים הַרְבֵּה מִפָּסוּק זֶה:

And cattle. You shall slaughter, as the chagigah-offering. If those engaged as partners in the pesach were a large group, they must bring, with it, a chagigah-offering, so that it is eaten when they have filled themselves. In addition, the Rabbis derive many teachings from this passage.

לחם עני. לֶחֶם שֶׁמַּזְכִּיר אֶת הָעֹנִי שֶׁנִּתְעַנּוּ בְּמִצְרַיִם (ספרי):

Bread of anguish. Bread which memorializes the anguish they suffered in Egypt.

כי בחפזון יצאת. וְלֹא הִסְפִּיק בָּצֵק לְהַחֲמִיץ וְזֶה יִהְיֶה לְךָ לְזִכָּרוֹן; וְחִפָּזוֹן לֹא שֶׁלְּךָ הָיָה אֶלָּא שֶׁל מִצְרַיִם, שֶׁכֵּן הוּא אוֹמֵר "וַתֶּחֱזַק מִצְרַיִם עַל הָעָם וְגוֹ'" (ספרי):

Since in haste you left. Without sufficient time for the dough to leaven. This will serve as a memorial. The haste was not yours, but Egypt’s, as it is said, “The Egyptians pressed the people, etc.”

למען תזכר. עַל יְדֵי אֲכִילַת הַפֶּסַח וְהַמַּצָּה את יום צאתך:

So that you remember. By eating the pesach and matzah, the day of your departure.

ולא ילין מן הבשר אשר תזבח בערב ביום הראשון לבקר. אַזְהָרָה לַמּוֹתִיר בְּפֶסַח דּוֹרוֹת, לְפִי שֶׁלֹּא נֶאֱמַר אֶלָּא בְּפֶסַח מִצְרַיִם; וְיוֹם רִאשׁוֹן הָאָמוּר כָּאן הוּא י"ד בְּנִיסָן, כְּמָה דְּאַתְּ אָמַר "אַךְ בַּיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן תַּשְׁבִּיתוּ שְׂאוֹר מִבָּתֵּיכֶם" (שמות י"ב); וּלְפִי שֶׁנִּסְתַּלֵּק הַכָּתוּב מֵעִנְיָנוֹ שֶׁל פֶּסַח וְהִתְחִיל לְדַבֵּר בְּחֻקּוֹת שִׁבְעַת יָמִים, כְּגוֹן שִׁבְעַת יָמִים תֹּאכַל עָלָיו מַצּוֹת, וְלֹא יֵרָאֶה לְךָ שְׂאֹר בְּכָל גְּבֻלְךָ, הֻצְרַךְ לְפָרֵשׁ בְּאֵיזוֹ זְבִיחָה הוּא מַזְהִיר, שֶׁאִם כָּתַב וְלֹא יָלִין מִן הַבָּשָׂר אֲשֶׁר תִּזְבַּח בָּעֶרֶב לַבֹּקֶר הָיִיתִי אוֹמֵר שְׁלָמִים הַנִּשְׁחָטִים כָּל שִׁבְעָה כֻּלָּן בְּבַל תּוֹתִירוּ וְאֵינָן נֶאֱכָלִין אֶלָּא לְיוֹם וָלַיְלָה, לְכָךְ כָּתַב בערב ביום הראשון. דָּבָר אַחֵר בַּחֲגִיגַת י"ד הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר, וְלִמֵּד עָלֶיהָ שֶׁנֶּאֱכֶלֶת לִשְׁנֵי יָמִים, וְהָרִאשׁוֹן הָאָמוּר כָּאן בְּיוֹם טוֹב הָרִאשׁוֹן הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר, וְכֵן מַשְׁמָעוּת הַמִּקְרָא – בְּשַׂר חֲגִיגָה אֲשֶׁר תִּזְבַּח בָּעֶרֶב לֹא יָלִין בְּיֹ"טֹ הָרִאשׁוֹן עַד בָּקְרוֹ שֶׁל שֵׁנִי, אֲבָל נֶאֱכֶלֶת הִיא בְאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר וּבַחֲמִשָׁה עָשָׂר, וְכָךְ הִיא שְׁנוּיָה בְמַסֶּכֶת פְּסָחִים (דף ע"א):

None of the flesh may remain — which you slaughter towards evening of the first day — until morning. This prohibits retaining the flesh of the pesach offered during future generations, since this was previously stated only with regard to the pesach brought in Egypt. The “first day” mentioned here refers to the fourteenth of Nisan, as it is said, “But before the first day you must remove all leaven from your homes.” Because Scripture has digressed from matters concerning the pesach, and entered a discussion of the laws of the seven days — for example, “For seven days, are you to eat on it matzos,” “No sourdough of yours may be seen in all of your boundary” — it is now necessary to identify the slaughter to which this admonition is directed. For, if it had written, “None of the flesh which you slaughter towards evening may remain until morning,” one might have concluded that shelamim-offerings slaughtered throughout the entire seven day period are included in “do not allow to remain,” and thus may be eaten for only a day and a night. Scripture, therefore, specifies “towards evening ‘of the first day.”’ Another interpretation. To the chagigah-offering of the fourteenth, is Scripture’s reference, teaching that it may be eaten for two days. And “the first” mentioned here is Scripture’s reference to the first day of the festival. This is the sense of the passage: ‘The flesh of the chagigah which you slaughter towards evening may not remain overnight during the first day of the festival until the morning of the second; however, it may be eaten on the fourteenth and fifteenth.’ This is the way it is taught in tractate Pesachim.

בערב כבוא השמש מועד צאתך ממצרים. הֲרֵי שְׁלֹשָׁה זְמַנִּים חֲלוּקִים, בָּעֶרֶב מִשֵּׁשׁ שָׁעוֹת וּלְמַעְלָה זָבְחֵהוּ, וּכְבֹא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ תֹּאכְלֵהוּ, וּמוֹעֵד צֵאתְךָ אַתָּה שׂוֹרְפֵהוּ, כְּלוֹמַר נַעֲשֶׂה נוֹתָר וְיֵצֵא לְבֵית הַשְּׂרֵפָה (ספרי; ברכות ט'):

Towards evening, at sunset, at the time you left Egypt. These are three separate times. Towards evening — after six hours — slaughter it. At sunset — eat it. At the time you left [Egypt] — you burn it, meaning that it is disqualified as nosar, and must be removed to the burning site.

ובשלת. זֶהוּ צְלִי אֵשׁ, שֶׁאַף הוּא קָרוּי בִּשּׁוּל:

You shall cook. The reference is to roasting over an open fire. This, too, is described as cooking.

ופנית בבקר. לְבָקְרוֹ שֶׁל שֵׁנִי, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁטָּעוּן לִינָה לֵיל שֶׁל מוֹצָאֵי י"ט (ספרי; פסחים צ"ה; חגיגה י"ז):

You may depart in the morning. The morning of the second day. This teaches that one is required to remain overnight, to include the night after the festival.

ששת ימים תאכל מצות. וּבְמָקוֹם אַחֵר (שמות י"ב) הוּא אוֹמֵר "שִׁבְעַת יָמִים"? שִׁבְעָה מִן הַיָּשָׁן וְשִׁשָּׁה מִן הֶחָדָשׁ (ספרי; מנחות ס"ו); דָּ"אַ — לִמֵּד עַל אֲכִילַת מַצָּה בַּשְּׁבִיעִי שֶׁאֵינָהּ חוֹבָה, וּמִכָּאן אַתָּה לָמֵד לְשֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים, שֶׁהֲרֵי שְׁבִיעִי בִּכְלָל הָיָה וְיָצָא מִן הַכְּלָל לְלַמֵּד שֶׁאֵין אֲכִילַת מַצָּה בּוֹ חוֹבָה אֶלָּא רְשׁוּת, וְלֹא לְלַמֵּד עַל עַצְמוֹ יָצָא, אֶלָּא לְלַמֵּד עַל הַכְּלָל כֻּלּוֹ יָצָא, מַה שְּׁבִיעִי רְשׁוּת אַף כֻּלָּם רְשׁוּת, חוּץ מִלַּיְלָה הָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁהַכָּתוּב קְבָעוֹ חוֹבָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שמות י"ב) "בָּעֶרֶב תֹּאכְלוּ מַצֹּת" (מכילתא; פסחים ק"כ):

For six days you shall eat matzos. Elsewhere it is said seven days. Seven from the old crop, six from the new. Another interpretation. This teaches that eating matzoh on the seventh day is not obligatory. You learn from this, and apply it to all six days; For, the seventh was included in a general group, and then isolated, with the teaching that eating matzah then is not obligatory, but arbitrary. It was not isolated strictly for itself, but as an example for the entire group. Just as the seventh day is arbitrary, so are all the days arbitrary, except for the first evening, which Scripture designates as obligatory, as it is said, “In the evening you shall eat matzos.”

עצרת לה' אלהיך. עֲצֹר עַצְמְךָ מִן הַמְּלָאכָה; דָּ"אַ — כְּנוּפְיָא שֶׁל מַאֲכָל וּמִשְׁתֶּה, לְשׁוֹן "נַעְצְרָה נָּא אוֹתָךְ" (שופטים י"ג):

[Is one of] withdrawal for the sake of Adonoy your God. Withdraw from working. Another interpretation. A gathering for celebrating with food and drink, as in “Please, let us gather you up.”

מהחל חרמש בקמה. מִשֶּׁנִּקְצַר הָעֹמֶר שֶׁהוּא רֵאשִׁית הַקָּצִיר (עי' ספרי; מנחות ע"א):

From the time the sickle begins felling the standing grain. From the time the omer is cut, which begins the harvest.

מסת נדבת ידך. דֵּי נִדְבַת יָדְךָ, הַכֹּל לְפִי הַבְּרָכָה הָבֵא שַׁלְמֵי שִׂמְחָה וְקַדֵּשׁ קְרוּאִים לֶאֱכֹל:

The fullness of your open-handed gift. The fullness of the gift of your hand, wholly commensurate with the blessing. Bring shelamim-offerings of rejoicing, and invite guests for feasting.

לוי גר יתום ואלמנה. אַרְבָּעָה שֶׁלִּי כְּנֶגֶד אַרְבָּעָה שֶׁלְּךָ – בנך ובתך ועבדך ואמתך, אִם אַתָּה מְשַׂמֵּחַ אֶת שֶׁלִּי אֲנִי מְשַׂמֵּחַ אֶת שֶׁלְּךָ:

The Levite, proselyte, orphan, and widow. My four correspond with your four — your son, daughter, servant, and maid-servant. If you bring joy to Mine, I shall bring joy to yours.

וזכרת כי עבד היית וגו'. עַל מְנָת כֵּן פְּדִיתִיךָ, שֶׁתִּשְׁמֹר וְתַעֲשֶׂה אֶת הַחֻקִּים הָאֵלֶּה:

Remember that you were a slave, etc. I redeemed you with thr stipulation that you observe and fulfill these statutes.

באספך. בִּזְמַן הָאָסִיף שֶׁאַתָּה מַכְנִיס לַבַּיִת פֵּרוֹת הַקַּיִץ; דָּ"אַ — באספך מגרנך ומיקבך, לִמֵּד שֶׁמְּסַכְּכִין אֶת הַסֻּכָּה בִּפְסֹלֶת גֹּרֶן וְיֶקֶב (ראש השנה י"ג; סוכה י"ב):

When you harvest. At harvest time, when you place the summer produce in storage. Another interpretation of when you harvest your threshing area and wine cellar. This teaches that the sukkah should be covered with the husks and skins left in the threshing area and wine cellar.

והיית אך שמח. לְפִי פְשׁוּטוֹ אֵין זֶה לְשׁוֹן צִוּוּי אֶלָּא לְשׁוֹן הַבְטָחָה, וּלְפִי תַלְמוּדוֹ לָמְדוּ מִכָּאן לְרַבּוֹת לֵילֵי יוֹם טוֹב הָאַחֲרוֹן לְשִׂמְחָה (שם מ"ח):

You shall experience pure joy. According to its plain meaning, this is not a command, but an assurance. According to the Talmudic teaching, however, it is derived from here that the last evening of the festival is included in the mitzvah to rejoice.

ולא יראה את פני ה' ריקם. אֶלָּא הָבֵא עוֹלוֹת רְאִיָּה וְשַׁלְמֵי חֲגִיגָה:

He shall not appear empty handed in the presence of Adonoy. Rather, bring olah-pilgrimage-offerings and festive shelamim-offerings.

איש כמתנת ידו. מִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ אוֹכְלִין הַרְבֵּה וּנְכָסִים מְרֻבִּין יָבִיא עוֹלוֹת מְרֻבּוֹת וּשְׁלָמִים מְרֻבִּים (ספרי; חגיגה ח'):

Everyone according to the gift appropriate to his means. Someone who has numerous guests and great affluence should bring many olah- and shelamim-offerings.