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Sifrei on Deuteronomy

Sifrei Devarim 335

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English · Shraga Silverstein

(Devarim 32:46) "And he said to them: Put your hearts, etc.": We are hereby taught that one's eyes and heart and ears must be attuned to words of Torah. And thus is it written (Ezekiel 44:5) "And the L-rd said to me: Son of man, set your heart and see with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I am saying to you about all the laws of the Temple … and set your heart to the entrance of the Temple and to all the exits of the sanctuary." Now does this not follow a fortiori? If re the Temple, which can be seen by the eyes and measured by the hand, one must "attune" his eyes and his heart and his ears — how much more so re words of Torah, which are like mountains hanging on a hair!

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English · Shraga Silverstein

"which you shall command your children to keep and to do — all the words of the Torah": Moses said to them: I must acknowledge my indebtedness to you for fulfilling the Torah after me. You, too, must acknowledge indebtedness to your children for fulfilling the Torah after you. Once, Rabbeinu came from Ludkia, and R. Yossi b. R. Yehudah and R. Elazar b. Yehudah came and sat before him. He said to them: Come closer, I must acknowledge my indebtedness to you for fulfilling the Torah after me. You, too, must acknowledge your indebtedness to your children for fulfilling the Torah after you. Moses was (undeniably) great, but if others did not come after him, his Torah would be valueless — we, how much more so! Thus, "which you shall command, etc."

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