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Ramban on Deuteronomy 11:15/רמב"ן על דברים י״א:ט״ו

אוְאָכַלְתָּ וְשָׂבָעְתָּ, הֲרֵי זוֹ בְּרָכָה אַחֶרֶת, שֶׁתְּהֵא בְרָכָה מְצוּיָה בַּפַּת שֶׁבְּתוֹךְ מֵעֶיךָ וְאָכַלְתָּ וְשָׂבָעְתָּ, לְשׁוֹן רַשִׁ"י (רש"י על דברים י"א:ט"ו). ור"א אָמַר (אבן עזרא על דברים י"א:ט"ו) וְאָכַלְתָּ וְשָׂבָעְתָּ שָׁב אֶל דְּגָנְךָ תִּירוֹשְׁךָ וְיִצְהָרֶךָ, לֹא אֶל הַקָּרוֹב שֶׁהוּא עֵשֶׂב בְּשָׂדְךָ. וְהַנָּכוֹן בְּעֵינַי שֶׁהוּא שָׁב אֶל הַכֹּל, וְאָכַלְתָּ וְשָׂבָעְתָּ דָּגָן וְתִירוֹשׁ וְיִצְהָר וְגַם בְּנֵי צֹאן וּבָקָר. וּבְסִפְרֵי (עקב טו) וְאָכַלְתָּ וְשָׂבָעְתָּ, כְּשֶׁבְּהֶמְתְּךָ אוֹכֶלֶת וְשֹׂבַעַת עוֹבֶדֶת הָאֲדָמָה, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר (משלי יד ד) וְרָב תְּבוּאוֹת בְּכֹחַ שׁוֹר. ד"א מִן הַוְּלָדוֹת, אע"פ שֶׁאֵין רְאָיָה לַדָּבָר זֵכֶר לַדָּבָר, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ירמיהו לא יא) וּבָאוּ וְרִנְּנוּ בִמְרוֹם צִיּוֹן וְנָהֲרוּ אֶל טוּב ה' עַל דָּגָן וְעַל תִּירֹשׁ וְעַל יִצְהָר וְעַל בְּנֵי צֹאן וּבָקָר וְגוֹ'. וְזֶהוּ הַנָּכוֹן:

1AND THOU SHALT EAT AND BE SATISFIED. “This is another blessing, meaning that there will be a blessing on the bread within your stomach, and you eat and be satisfied.” This is Rashi’s language and Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra commented: “And thou shalt eat and be satisfied. This refers back to thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil [mentioned in the preceding verse], not to the grass in thy fields which is near [in the same verse].” The correct interpretation in my opinion is that it refers to everything: “and thou shalt eat and be satisfied with the corn, wine, and oil, and also the sheep and cattle [will eat and be satisfied with the grass in the field].” And in the Sifre we find:³²⁶ 43. “And thou shalt eat and be satisfied, when your cattle eats and is satisfied, it works the ground [with strength], and so it is said, and much increase is by the strength of the ox.³²⁷ Another interpretation: [And thou shalt eat and be satisfied] from the young [of the cattle]. Although there is no proof of this, yet there is an indication, for it says, And they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow unto the goodness of the Eternal, to the corn, and to the wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd etc.”³²⁸ This is the correct interpretation.