PARSHAS EIKEV: Bentch Loudly and Proudly—with a Full Belly! (Plus, the Torah’s Guide to Getting Rich Quick)

The Weekly Parsha - With Michoel Brooke · Jul 31, 2026 · 34m · transcript

You eat, you get full, you say a blessing. Sounds basic, until you realize the Torah treats that moment as a game-changing commandment. We start with Parsha Eikev’s promise of a “good land” and zoom in on the verse that becomes the source for Birkat Hamazon: eat, reach real satiety, then bless Hashem. From there we get practical fast, including what “full” actually means in halacha, why the obligation depends on your personal threshold, and why this mitzvah may be one of the most repeated spiritual acts of an entire lifetime.

Then we tackle the question that should bother anyone paying…