## Malbim Ayelet HaShachar Klal 497

###### Malbim Ayelet HaShachar 497:1
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שם "**דל**" מורה על המעטת איזה דבר ממה שהיה; בגוף או בממון או בכבוד וכדומה. ויצויר שיהיה דל בערך מה שהיה עשיר גדול מקודם, הגם שאינו דל באמת. וכשהוסיף "**ואין ידו משגת**" הוא לגמרי. ויצויר שאין ידו משגת מסבה אחרת. לכן אמר "דל ואין ידו משגת".(מצורע ס' סג)

**Ayelet Hashachar, translated by Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2021:**
The noun **דל** (poor) teaches about the reduction of a certain matter from that which it was, in either body, money, or honor, etc. And it is depicted in *Sifra* as someone becoming poor relative to when he was previously very wealthy, although he is not really poor. And when it adds **ואין ידו משגת** (and his means suffice not)⁷¹⁵, it means *completely poor*. And it is depicted in *Sifra* that ואין ידו משגת for another reason; thus, it says דל ואין ידו משגת (he be poor, and his means suffice not)⁷¹⁶.

*According to Sifra, when it says ואין ידו משגת, it could mean that he has the means, but they are not readily available. Thus, it adds the word*דל*so that it means he is completely poor. And according to Sifra, when it says*דל*, it could mean that he is not really poor, just poorer than he once was. Thus, it adds the words ואין ידו משגת so that it means he is completely poor. Hence, both*דל *and*ואין ידו משגת*are needed as conditions in Leviticus 14:21⁷¹⁷.*

footnotes:
⁷¹⁵ Leviticus 14:21.
⁷¹⁶ Ibid.
⁷¹⁷ Malbim, HaTorah v’HaMitzvah Metzora 63.