Divrei Mav

This Week's D'var Torah Should Give The Nishamah of Yisroel Sender Ben Avrahom In this week’s Parsha there are more then fifty Mitzvos. We are going to learn about some of them. The commonly known mitzvah of Tzedakah is a great mitzvah. While it is a staple in the Jewish community there are still many who push off this mitzvah with the belief that giving Tzedakah is a smaller scale mitzvah, but those people are wrong, this mitzvah has tremendous power; it can bring wealth, remove judgments against us, and many more immense rewards. We learn about the mitzvah for the B’nai Yisroel to destroy the Avodah Zarah (idols) in the land of Israel when they entered, whether the Avodah Zarah was a tree like the Ashairh, or a carved figure it was to be completely destroyed. Next, we learn the commandment involving the Navi Sheker (false profit). Hashem issues warning that a person will stand up and claim that G-d spoke to him, even if he brings predictions that come true or miracles

Hashem taught the B’nai Yisroel that if they keep the Mitzvos properly, He would remove common illness from amongst the nation, deliver their enemies into their hands, and punish their enemies with uncommon illnesses (like He afflicted Egypt). Hashem told them that when He would conquer their enemies for them, allowing the B’nai Yisroel to dwell in Eretz Yisroel, He would conquer them in a slower manner. This was because if Hashem went ahead and conquered their enemies quickly, by the time the B’nai Yisroel settled down there would be wild animals inhabiting the land creating a new, unpleasant dilemma for them. So Hashem (as an expression of loving kindness) would conquer the enemy in a delayed or unhurried manner so as they took over each area no other problems would develop. Hashem also told them that they would be forbidden to covet their enemy’s silver and gold. Rabbi Ovadiah Ben Yaakov (a.k.a. the Sforno) explains, if the B’nai Yisroel would take the riches from their idol worshi