The most righteous will not live forever

If a man will have a sin worthy of death and he will be put to death, You shall hang him on a tree (Deut. 21:22)

In the eulogy which the Holy Ari delivered on the passing of Rabbi Moshe Kordevero he translated this verse slightly differently. The word for "sin" is properly translated as "lacking." So, he said, "When you see a person who is lacking any reason that he should have been put to death and nevertheless he dies, hang it (his death) on the tree," - on the decree following the sin of the tree of knowledge that even the most righteous will not live forever.

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You shall not see your brothers ox or lamb wandering and hide from them.
You shall surely return them to your brother (Deut. 22:1)

In this verse we are commanded to return a lost article. If we are instructed to be so careful not to ignore our neighbour’s monetary loss, how much more the loss of his soul. We surely have a double duty to attend to the welfare of a Jew who has wandered from the path of Torah and return him to his creator.

(Shaloh)

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If a bird's nest chances to be before you...you shall not take the mother with the young ones. You shall send away the mother, and then you may take the young ones. (22:1,2)

We learn from this that we should have mercy on people. If G-d commanded that we show pity to birds, how much more must we have pity on people.

(Tzena Ur'ena)