tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post4143491912650259404..comments2024-03-28T21:21:02.777-04:00Comments on Divrei Chaim: for the sake of bikurimChaim B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-59140813382373245422017-09-08T01:34:32.117-04:002017-09-08T01:34:32.117-04:001) helps explain why a poor, muddied farmer forfei...1) helps explain why a poor, muddied farmer forfeits his wicker basket, while a wealthy, clean farmer (who delegates the dirty work) keeps his gold one*-- the former put effort into peeling and weaving, while the latter simply bought his finished container from an overheated goldsmith; *bava kamma 92a<br /><br />2) "lo achalti b'oni mi'menu", 26:14 --<br /><br />I have not forgotten (final words, 26:13), but rather have remembered..., 8:18 (vs. 8:17, "kochi v'otzem yadi")<br /><br />3) the bikurim ritual is maybe a sort of teshuva of "earth", which did its own thing (showed its 'own' strength) at Bereishis 1:12, rather than Elokim's will as in 1:11-- the earth now offers its fruits as a show of His strength, even as the farmer does the same (Adam and earth were cursed together, says Rashi)Alonzo Nakatomihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13218406401602847328noreply@blogger.com