Parashat Ki Tavo
Bs"d To Rejoice and Bring Joy A Thought on Parashat Ki Tavo. (The original was written in Hebrew. AI translation into English) In Parashat Ki Tavo, the Torah introduces the declaration concerning the tithes ( Vidui Ma’aser ). In the time of the Beit HaMikdash, after completing the required tithes at the end of the three-year cycle and fulfilling all the mitzvot connected with the produce of Eretz Yisrael, a Jew would make this declaration, affirming that he had observed all the Torah’s requirements regarding his produce. At the conclusion of the declaration, he says: “I have listened to the voice of Hashem, my God; I have done according to all that You commanded me” (Devarim 26:14). Rashi explains the words “according to all that You commanded me” as meaning: “I rejoiced and I brought joy through it.” In other words, the culmination of this mitzvah is the declaration that I did not merely rejoice personally in the blessing Hashem granted me; I also used that bless...