(כג) בַּמָּק֣וֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַר֮ לְשַׁכֵּ֣ן שְׁמ֣וֹ שָׁם֒ מַעְשַׂ֤ר דְּגָֽנְךָ֙ תִּֽירֹשְׁךָ֣ וְיִצְהָרֶ֔ךָ וּבְכֹרֹ֥ת בְּקָרְךָ֖ וְצֹאנֶ֑ךָ לְמַ֣עַן תִּלְמַ֗ד לְיִרְאָ֛ה אֶת־ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃
(23) ...in the place where (God) will choose to establish (God's) name, so that you may learn to revere ADONAI your God forever.
Where do you think this place is?
There is a traditional answer: _____________
Where do you think?
There shall be no needy among you—since ADONAI your God will bless you in the land that ADONAI your God is giving you as (an inheritance)
According to this, why should there be "no needy among (us)?
What do you think God will "bless" us with?
רַ֚ק אִם־שָׁמ֣וֹעַ תִּשְׁמַ֔ע בְּק֖וֹל יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ לִשְׁמֹ֤ר לַעֲשׂוֹת֙ אֶת־כָּל־הַמִּצְוָ֣ה הַזֹּ֔את אֲשֶׁ֛ר אָנֹכִ֥י מְצַוְּךָ֖ הַיּֽוֹם׃
if only you heed ADONAI your God and take care to keep all this Instruction that I command you this day.
So there is a condition to having "no needy"?
If only we do what?
If, however, there is a needy person among you, one of your kinsmen in any of your settlements in the land that ADONAI your God is giving you, do not harden your heart and shut your hand against your needy kinsman.
כִּ֛י לֹא־יֶחְדַּ֥ל אֶבְי֖וֹן מִקֶּ֣רֶב הָאָ֑רֶץ עַל־כֵּ֞ן אָנֹכִ֤י מְצַוְּךָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר פָּ֠תֹחַ תִּפְתַּ֨ח אֶת־יָדְךָ֜ לְאָחִ֧יךָ לַעֲנִיֶּ֛ךָ וּלְאֶבְיֹנְךָ֖ בְּאַרְצֶֽךָ׃ (ס)
For there will never cease to be needy ones in your land, which is why I command you: open your hand to the poor and needy in your land.
What does that mean "open your hand"?
What are we commanded (Mitzvah) to do for the poor and the needy?