(Devarim 15:6) "For the L-rd your G-d has blessed you as He spoke to you": And what did He speak to you? (Ibid. 28:3-12) "Blessed shall you be in the city, etc."

(Ibid. 15:6) "And you will lend to many nations": I might think that you will borrow a sela (about two shekels) and lend a shekel, as others do; it is, therefore, written "and you shall not borrow."

"and you will rule many nations": I might think that you will rule others and others will rule you, as in (Judges 1:7) "And Adoni-bezek said, etc."; it is, therefore, written "and they will not rule you."

(Ibid. 7) "If there be in you a pauper": and not in gentiles.

"pauper": The neediest takes precedence.

"of one of your brothers": your brothers from your mother; "one (of your brothers"): your brothers from your father. We are hereby (["one"]) taught that your brothers from your father take precedence to your brothers from your mother.

"in one of your gates": The inhabitants of your city take precedence to those of another. "in one of your gates": If he sits in one place you are obliged to help him; if he goes begging from door to door you are not obliged to do so.

"in your land": The inhabitants of Eretz Yisrael take precedence to those who live outside the land.

"that the L-rd your G-d gives to you": (This extends the obligation) to all places.

"Do not harden your heart": There are some who agonize over whether to give or not to give.

"and do not close your hand": There are some who stretch forth their hand and retract it and close their fist.

"to your brother the pauper": If you do not give him, in the end you will take from him. And whence is it derived that if you open (your hand) to him once, in the end you will open it many times? From (Ibid. 8) "But open shall you open your hand to him."

"and lend shall you lend him": If one is impoverished but does not want to take charity, he is given the money as a loan, and then, (when he wishes to return it), it is ceded to him as a gift.

"shall you lend him": If one has the means, but does not wish to fend for himself, he is given the money as a gift, and payment is exacted of him after his death. The sages say: If he has the means and does not wish to fend for himself, he is not attended to. If he is impoverished and does not want to take charity, he is told "Bring a pledge" (as security), in order to appease him.

"sufficient for his lack": You are commanded to sustain him, but not to enrich him.

"which is lacking to him": even a horse, even a servant (if that is what he is used to). And it happened with Hillel the Elder that he gave a pauper of high pedigree a horse with which to work and a servant to attend him.

And it also happened in Upper Galilee that they provided one with a litra of meat from Sepphoris every day.

"unto him": This is a wife (i.e., he is to be provided even with a wife), as it is written (Bereshith 2:18) "I shall make unto him a wife fit for him."