What is the significance of the triple blessing "Va'aheivcha, u'Vei'rach'cha Ve'hirbecha"?
Ramban #1: If Yisrael will keep the Mishpatim out of love of Hashem, 1 then He too, will love them, bless them and increase them.
Ramban #2: With reference to the judges who perform Mishpat, "Va'aheivcha" - Hashem will cause the families whom they have found guilty to love them: "u'Veirach'cha" - no harm will befall them (the judges) following their harsh judgment: "ve'Hirbecha" - they will not decrease on account of the death of the sinners, even if this entails many people, such as in the case of an Ir ha'Nidachas.
Ba'al ha'Turim: "Va'aheivcha" - on the merit of Avraham; 2 "u'Veirach'cha" - on the merit of Yitzchak, 3 and "Vehirbecha" - on the merit of Ya'akov. 4
Oznayim la'Torah: The Torah inserts "Va'ahevcha" before "u'Verach'cha" because a B'rachah that is given without love is not a complete B'rachah. 5
Refer to 7:12:1:2**.
About whom the Pasuk writes in Yeshayah, 41:8 "Zera Avrahm Ohavi" (Ba'al ha'Turim)..
About whom the Torah writes in Chayei Sarah Bereishis, 25:11 "Vayevarech Elokim es Yitzchak" (Ba'al ha'Turim)..
Whom Hashem blessed with the words "P'rei u'Revei" - in Chayei Sarah Bereishis, 35:11 (Ba'al ha'Turim).
Which explains why the Kohanim recite the B'rachah 'Levarech es Amo Yisrael be'Ahavah'. See Oznayim la'Torah.
What are the implicatons of "P'ri Bitn'cha"?
B'rachos, 51b: It implies the Beten of the man and not of the woman - to teach us that the B'rachah of the children that the wife bears comes about through her husband. 1
Perhaps the Gemara does not make a similar inference from "Admasecha, Degancha Tiroshcha and Yitzharecha" because, whereas land and fruit can be owned by a man or by a woman, children are the product of both, in which case the Torah ought to have written 'P'ri Bitn'chem' or 'Beten'. See also Torah Temimah, note 20.
What is the definition of "Sh'gar Alafecha"?
Rashi: It means 'the babies of your cattle' ? which the cows have 'cast out' of the womb.
Targum Onkelos and Targum Yonasan: It refers to the location where the herd gathers. 1
See Peirush Yonasan.
What are "Asht'ros Tzonecha"?
Rashi #2 (citing Targum Onkelos) and Targum Yonasan: 'Your flocks of sheep'.
Rashi #3 (in Ki Savo, 28:4, citing Chulin 64b): They are called "Ashtaros" because they enrich their owners ('Ma'ashiros Ba'aleihen) 3 and strengthen them ? financially. 4 - The Gemara there learns from here that someone who wants to become rich should deal in sheep and goats.
Rashi (Ibid.): Like the Pasuk in Tehilim 22:13 "Abirei Bashan" ? which literally means 'the mighty ones of Bashan', but which refers to the high-quality sheep for which Bashan was famous.
Rashi (Ibid.): Like "Ashteros Karnayim" ? Bereishis 14:5, which means 'strong'.
See Torah Temimah, note 21.
Rashi: Like those 'Ashtaros' (See Bereishis, 14:5) ? which are strong (hard) rocks.
Why does the Torah refer to the choice sheep as "Asht'ros Tzonecha"?
Rashi #3 (in Ki Savo, 28:4, citing Chulin 64b): They are called "Ashtaros" because they enrich their owners ('Ma'ashiros Ba'aleihen) 1 and strengthen them ? financially. 2 - The Gemara there learns from here that someone who wants to become rich should deal in sheep and goats.
See Torah Temimah, note 21.
Rashi: Like those 'Ashtaros' (See Bereishis, 14:5) ? which are strong (hard) rocks.
