The posuk says, 'ועתה ישראל מה ה אלהיך שאל מעמך כי אם ליראה את ה' וגו and now nation of Israel what does 'ה ask from you? Only to fear him etc.
The gemara in brachos asks, is יראה such a small thing that 'ה says that's all I'm asking of you? The gemara answers that yes, for Moshe & the people of that generation, it was. To prove that it's talking about the people of that generation, the כלי יקר says, if you look at the wording of the posuk, it says ועתה ישראל & NOW Israel, talking to the people of the generation that were there at that time, and saw all the great miracles that 'ה performed so that they should fear him. For Moshe and them, the fear of 'ה was easy.
The question that begs an answer is, what about now? How about us? Can we find it easy to have fear of 'ה?
Earlier in the Parsha we had the posuk of ואכלת ושבעת וברכת את ה' אלהיך Eat be satisfied & bless 'ה your G-D רבינו בחיי says that from this posuk we can begin to understand the purpose of making brachos. The Brachos that we make are not for 'ה's benefit, for what does He gain from it if we bless Him? They're only to benefit us. When a person makes a bracha & acknowledges that what we have comes from 'ה, he is giving testimony to the power of 'ה. When we recognize that, 'ה sends more bracha into the world. One who doesn't make a bracha is denying the fact that everything comes from 'ה and subsequently lessens the bracha that 'ה puts in the world. It's even considered like he stole from the entire world. The בעל החינוך says over from his Rebbaim, that anyone who is careful to say ברכת המזון properly with the right concentration, will have his sustenance honorably all of his days.
On the Posuk of ועתה ישראל Now Yisroel , רבינו בחיי brings down the chazal that says, instead of reading it מה ה' שאל מעמך; What does ה' want from you, they add an Alef to the word מה to make it מאה one hundred 'ה wants from you, to make one hundred brachos a day.
Another allusion to the 100 brachos is if you count the letters in the posuk, there are 99. When you add the alef to the word מה it makes the count 100 alluding to the amount of brachos one should make per day
Maybe this is how it could be easy for us to fear ה'. When making the 100 Brachos a day, bearing in mind that when we make a Bracha we are bringing goodness into the world, we are acknowledging that all the good we have comes from 'ה & without His help we would have nothing. Focusing on that one hundred times a day when we make Brachos, and concentrating when we say ברכת המזון, for us too it will be easy to have יראת שמים and merit to have our sustenance easily & honorably as long as we live!
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