God promises that if a person shares his Yom Tov celebration with “God's four,” the underprivileged members of the nation, then He will ensure to enhance the joy and celebration of that person and his household.
Moshe warns that Benei Yisrael might be tempted to embrace the Canaanite pagan doctrines “after they are destroyed before you.” Wouldn’t the defeat of the Canaanite peoples prove the futility of their religious cults?
The bikkurim ceremony is an the act of teshuva for the sin the Garden of Eden.The farmer must proclaim his gratitude to G-d. When one expresses gratitude, one is ready to be in the presence of G-d.
After ensuring that the Jewish people have taken the steps to remain loyal to Hashem, through the eradication of idolatry, the establishment of a centralized place of worship to unite the people, and the refusal to be ensnared by external or internal temptations to leave Hashem’s path, Moshe begins ch. 14 with the following declaration: Banim Atem l'Hashem Eloheikhem - you are children unto your God (Devarim 14:1). To appreciate the nature of the commandments that we have been given, we must understand special status we have been granted.
The Torah reveals a latent fear: despite our willingness to obliterate idolatry from the land, the Jewish people will then express a desire to "adopt" pagan worship-styles for the worship of God.
אמר רבה בר בר חנה אמר רבי יוחנן: המספר בשבחו של הקדוש ברוך הוא יותר מדאי - נעקר מן העולם, שנאמר: "היספר לו כי אדבר? אם אמר איש כי יבלע!" (איוב ל"ז, כ).
דרש רבי יהודה איש כפר גבוריא, ואמרי לה [=ויש אומרים] איש כפר גבור חיל: מאי דכתיב "לך דמיה תהלה" (תהילים ס"ה, ב)?
מה כוחה של תפילת הרבים לעומת תפילת היחיד?
בספר איוב מופיעים כמה פתגמים וביטויים ידועים, אחד מהם נמצא בפרקנו: