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Rashi identified the water in v. 1 with Torah, in which interpretation he was followed by Yosef Kara, Ibn Ezra, and Radak. Eliezer of Beaugency understood the water to mean whatever path provided the greatest possibilities of success and S.D. Luzzatto took it as a symbol of the widespread success that would accompany the redemption. Malbim* interpreted it as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n

The prophets likened Torah and mitzvot to bread and provisions because they sustain the soul just as bread and water nurture the body\u2026 and just as food for the body contains items that one cannot live without them\u2014such as water, which is [obtained] free of charge, and foodstuffs like bread, which much be purchased for money\u2014so it is with ideas and deeds. There are things that one truly cannot live without, such as the belief in the existence of God, His Providence, and [the avoidance of] certain deeds that even civil religion requires, such as murder, robbery, and the like, that resemble water, as well as things that resemble bread, such as the study of Torah and mitzvot and [the performance of] constant mitzvot such as prayer, Shabbat, and the like. Just as in corporeal terms there are things that one can live without and which were created only for the purpose of indulgence and pleasure, so are there soul-foods that pamper the soul, such as intellectual knowledge and all truths that are derived from analysis and mitzvot that promote piety. They resemble wine and milk [or: fat] that are only for pleasure.<\/span><\/p>\n

Malbim\u2019s distinction between the necessities of life and superficial indulgences rings truer in our own time. The relatively high standard of Jewish living has led some parents to indulge their children to the point that there are many who feel so entitled that they show disdain for norms of Jewish physical and spiritual existence for which their not-so-distant ancestors sacrificed so much.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

*For the significance of Malbim\u2019s commentary to the Book of Isaiah,<\/span> see our introduction to chapter 1.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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