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Ibn Ezra on Deuteronomy 15:10/אבן עזרא על דברים ט״ו:י׳
אבגלל. כמו סבה לבעבור סבב כי הכל הוא בחלקי' בחלקי הכל שהוא הגוף:
1THAT. Bi-gelal (that) means the same as sibbah (because of). Compare, sabbev (cause) in cause to change (II Sam. 14:20).30. For the All31 is in the parts,32 that is, in the parts of the All, that is, the body.33, N.Y., 1969, p. 99). In other words, the All is the nation, and the individual is a part of the nation. However, it should be noted that I.E. refers to God as the All. See I.E. on Gen. 1:26 (Vol. 1, p. 46), “God is one…He is all.” Also see I.E. on Gen. 18:21 (Vol. 1, p. 196) and Ex. 33:21 (Vol. 2, p. 695). The above-noted commentaries may have shied away from interpreting God as All here because of its pantheistic implications. It should be noted that when I.E. says that God is All, he does not intend to identify God with the world as the pantheists do. He means that God’s power and supervision hold the world together and give it continuous existence. Indeed, I.E. compares God’s relation to the world to that of speech to the speaker. As long as the speaker speaks, sounds are uttered. However, the speaker is not identified with the speech which he utters. On the other hand, I.E. was a contemporary of Rabbi Yehudah Ha-Levi and may be employing terminology similar to the one quoted above.
בנתון תתן. הטעם כי אם תתן לו יוסיף השם על ממונך:
2THOU SHALT SURELY GIVE HIM. It means that if you give him, then God will add to your wealth.