Commentary for Bava Metzia 60:1
לא יהיה בך אביון שלך קודם לשל כל אדם
there shall be no poor among you:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut, XV, 4. ');"><sup>1</sup></span> [this teaches,] thine takes precedence over all others!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Regarding the verse as an exhortation against bringing oneself to poverty. ');"><sup>2</sup></span> — Hence [it is needed] in respect of an old man for whom it is undignified [to return the lost article].
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