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כלי יקר — כי פתח תפתח את ידך לו

Why are all the tzedakah-commandments doubled — 'פתח תפתח,' 'נתון תתן,' 'עשר תעשר,' 'העבט תעביטנו'? And why is even the reward doubled — 'כי ברך יברכך'?

מצינו שכל עניני צדקה כפולים, 'עשר תעשר', 'נתון תתן', 'פתוח תפתח', 'והעבט תעביטנו', וכן השכר כפול 'כי ברך יברכך', על כן נראה שכל עניני הצדקה כפולים הנתינה ביד, והפיוס בפה, על ידי שלא ירע לבבו ויתן לו בסבר פנים יפות ובלב שלם 'ורש לא שמע גערה'.

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כלי יקר

Kli Yakar on Deuteronomy 15:8

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Q — Why are all the tzedakah-commandments doubled — 'פתח תפתח,' 'נתון תתן,' 'עשר תעשר,' 'העבט תעביטנו'? And why is even the reward doubled — 'כי ברך יברכך'?

A — Kli Yakar reads the doubled grammar as encoding a doubled obligation. Tzedakah is not just *what* you give but *how* you give it — 'הנתינה ביד, והפיוס בפה.' The hand opens, but so must the face and the heart; the gift comes with comfort, not with grimace. 'ורש לא שמע גערה' (Mishlei 13:8). Each doubled verb tells the giver: don't just transfer money — give it with a 'סבר פנים יפות ובלב שלם.' And because the giving is double, the blessing is double: 'ברך יברכך.'

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