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The table below presents an aligned extract of verses or verselets
in
Dt04-06b
Both verses/verselets
discuss
the requirement to observe the commandments.
The alignment justifies the Rashi comment that:
The primary effect of the Sinaitic revelation is
the commandment to observe. But observance itself requires
safeguarding the commandments you observe. One safeguards the commandments
by professionally standardizing them; these standards are called
fences in Rabbinic law. For example the Bible commanded to recite
the Shma in the evening. Rabbinic law standardizes this practice
so that it must be recited before midnight (otherwise people would
fall asleep and miss the recital of the Shma.).
Verse
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Text of Verse
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Rashi comment
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Dt04-05
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Behold, I have taught you statutes and
judgments, as the Lord my God commanded me,
that you should do them in the land where you
go to take possession of it.
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The primary effect of the Sinaitic revelation is
the commandment to observe. But observance itself requires
safeguarding the commandments you observe. One safeguards the commandments
by professionally standardizing them; these standards are called
fences in Rabbinic law. For example the Bible commanded to recite
the Shma in the evening. Rabbinic law standardizes this practice
so that it must be recited before midnight (otherwise people would
fall asleep and miss the recital of the Shma.).
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Dt04-06
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You should watch/safeguard and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, who, when they shall hear all these statutes, shall say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding
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Advanced Rashi:
Another approach to this Rashi is the
understanding of the meaning of the
Hebrew root, Shin Mem Resh. We can show that in the
Bible Shin Mem Resh refers to professional obligations
and/or to professional standards. If you think about it
a little bit, professional standards simply
means fences preventing violation.
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