Reeh 15:10 · unit 4

TT #306 · Parashas Reeh · Sixth Aliyah · Passuk 15:10

The Complete Passuk

נָת֤וֹן תִּתֵּן֙ ל֔וֹ וְלֹא־יֵרַ֥ע לְבָבְךָ֖ בְּתִתְּךָ֣ ל֑וֹ כִּ֞י בִּגְלַ֣ל ׀ הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֗ה יְבָרֶכְךָ֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ בְּכׇֽל־מַעֲשֶׂ֔ךָ וּבְכֹ֖ל מִשְׁלַ֥ח יָדֶֽךָ׃

You shall surely give him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing Hashem your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you put your hand to.

Chabad.org — 15:10

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Shabbos / Midrash.

Sefaria — Shabbos / Midrash

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כִּי בִּגְלַל – תָּנָא דְּבֵי רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל, בִּגְלַל הַדָּבָר, גַּלְגַּל הוּא שֶׁחוֹזֵר בָּעוֹלָם; מִכָּאן אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר הַקַּפָּר, לְעוֹלָם יְבַקֵּשׁ אָדָם רַחֲמִים עַל מִדָּה זוֹ, שֶׁאִם הוּא לֹא בָּא, בָּא בְּנוֹ, וְאִם בְּנוֹ לֹא בָּא – בָּא בֶּן בְּנוֹ.

English: "Because of this thing" — A teaching of the school of Rabbi Yishmael: "because of this thing (davar)"—it is a wheel that turns in the world. From here Rabbi Elazar HaKappar said: A person should always pray for mercy concerning this measure, for if it does not come upon him it may come upon his son, and if not upon his son then upon his grandson.

On the daf / in context: Poverty is a revolving wheel; the one who gives today may need to receive tomorrow.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Shabbos) — poverty is a turning wheel.

What Is Learned

One should pray for mercy regarding poverty, because the wheel of fortune turns and the giver of today may become the recipient of tomorrow.