What are the connotations of "Eretz asher Lo be'Miskeinus Tochal bah Lechem"?
R. Bachye #1: It means that it contains everything that that grows in other lands - and there is nothing about which it can be said that it is lacking.
R. Bachye #2: It means that Eretz Yisrael will not lack Torah and Chochmah - which is compared to bread, 1 because one cannot study Torah to perfection without the necessary (mental) preparation and in a location where the air is not pure and good. 2
Seforno: It means that Eretz Yisrael is a land where money is always available, 3 since a shortage of money is worse than when food is expensive. 4
Rashbam and Targum Yonasan: It means that they will eat not only dry bread (like poor people - Rashbam) but they will have sweet fruits to eat together with it.
Oznayim la'Torah: It means that they will not need to measure their bread for fear that it will create heart-problems.
R. Bachye: As the Pasuk writes in Mishlei 9:85 "L'chu Lachmu be'Lachmi".
Hence the Gemara states in Bava Basra 158b "Avira d'Eretz Yirael Machkim'. See R. Bachye.
Seforno: See Yeshayah, 2:7.
Seforno: See Ta'anis, 19b.
What are the implications of "Lo Sechsar Kol bah"?
B'rachos, 36b: It means exactly what it says - 'Eretz Yisrael lacks nothing!' 1 .
R. Bachye: With reference to 8:9:1:1 - it means that there are some products that grow in Eretz Yisrael that do not grow in other countries.
Refer to Vayikra, 19:23:5:1 and note.
What are the implications of "Eretz asher Avanehah Barzel u'me'Hararehah Tachtzov Nechoshes "?
Ramban #1: You will set out to mine stones, but you will discover that they are iron - to inform us that in Eretz Yisrael it is possible to mine iron and copper.
Ramban #2 (citing Targum Yerushalmi): "Eretz asher Avanehah Barzel" - refers to large stones, heavy stones and hewn stones that are ideal for building houses, walls and towers.
Seforno: It also contains high-quality metals that are good for building and for manufacturing vessels,
Targum Yonasan: It refers to its Chachamim who issue decrees that are as firm as iron, 1 and its Talmidim who ask questions that shine like copper.
Ta'anis, 4a: Do not read 'Avanehah Barzel', but "Bonehah Barzel" (with reference to Talmidei-Chachamim) - to teach us that a Talmid-Chacham who is not as tough as iron 2 is not a true Talmid-Chacham.
Why does the Torah insert "Eretz asher Lo be'Miskeinus ... " in betwen the seven species and "Ve'achalta Vesava'ata u'Veirachta ... " in Pasuk 10?
