Pisqa’ 1141
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“Surely, there shall be no pauper among you” (Dt.15:4).
But elsewhere He states:
“For the pauper will not cease from the midst of the Land” (Dt.15:11)—
[thus,] when you fulfill the will of the All-Present,
the pauper will be [found] among the others,
but when you do not fulfill the will of the All-Present,
the pauper will be [found] among you.2
“For HASHEM will richly bless you in the Land” (Dt.15:4)—
this explains that the blessing depends only
upon [possession of] the Land.
“Which HASHEM your God is giving you to possess” (Dt.15:4)—
by the right of possession, you will conquer.