Eikev 8:14 · unit 1

Parashas Eikev · Passuk 8:14

The Complete Passuk

וְרָ֖ם לְבָבֶ֑ךָ וְשָֽׁכַחְתָּ֙ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ הַמּוֹצִיאֲךָ֛ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם מִבֵּ֥ית עֲבָדִֽים׃

beware lestclest Heb. pen; moved down from v. 12 for clarity. your heart grow haughty and you forget the ETERNAL your God—who freed you from the land of Egypt, the house of bondage;

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Berachos 32a.

TT lemma: ורם לבבך ושכחת (unit 1 of 3).

Sefaria — Berachos 32a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
ורם לבבך ושכחת. אמר רב נחמן, היינו דאמרי אינשי, מלי כריסי זני בישי

English: Rav Nachman said: This is as people say, “A full stomach is a kind of bad species.”

On the daf / in context: Berachos 32a.

Type of Learning

Custom (aggadah — satiety and sin)

What Is Learned

Material fullness is a spiritual hazard; prosperity without vigilance leads to forgetting God.