## Da'at Zekenim on Deuteronomy Chapter 23

###### Da'at Zekenim on Deuteronomy 23:8:1
[Da'at Zekenim on Deuteronomy 23:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Da%27at%20Zekenim%20on%20Deuteronomy/r/23:8:1)

**לא תתעב אדומי.** י"א אע"פ שלא קדמו אתכם לא תתעבנו כי אחיך הוא ומזרעו של אברהם הוא ולפי זה צ"ל כאשר עשו לי בני עשו דמיירי לענין לעבור בארצם כדכתי' גבי יפתח וישלח ישראל מלאכים אל מלך מואב לאמר אעברה בארצך ולא אבה וגם אל מלך אדום שלח ולא אבה. אי נמי לא תתעב אדומי אע"פ שהיה לך לתעבו לפי שלא הניחך לעבור דרך ארצו לא תתעבנו כי אחיך הוא:

**Daat Zekenim translated by Rb. Eliyahu Munk:**
לא תתעב אדומי, “do not abhor an Edomite.” Some commentators see in this command a warning that although the Edomites had acted towards the Israelites in an extremely hostile manner when the latter came out of Egypt and they denied them the right of passage, they had, however, let them buy food or drink from them, as distinct from Sichon who had not. This is why the Torah in Deuteronomy 2,29 refers to this. Moav, though their founding father Lot had been the recipient of acts of kindness by Avraham his uncle, had denied any assistance to the Jewish people at that time. (Judges 11,17). An alternate interpretation is that although Edom had not allowed the Israelites to pass through its territory, the fact that they were cousins, Israel having been a brother of their founding father Esau, was reason enough not to abhor them.


###### Da'at Zekenim on Deuteronomy 23:8:2
[Da'at Zekenim on Deuteronomy 23:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Da%27at%20Zekenim%20on%20Deuteronomy/r/23:8:2)

**לא תתעב מצרי**. אף ע"פ שלסוף שעבדו בכם לא תתעבנו כי גר היית בארצו והטיבו לכם בראשונה:

**Daat Zekenim translated by Rb. Eliyahu Munk:**
לא תתעב מצרי, “do not detest the Egyptian.” Even though in the end they enslaved you, do not detest them as you were welcome and well treated residents in their country for many years.