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Meshech Chochma — shelmikra ekev 2023 — Eikev 5783

Выпуск: Meshech Chochma — shelmikra ekev 2023 — Eikev 5783. Темы: family_education, health_mind, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, здоровье, психология, стресс, health, mental, בריאות, נפש, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. Narrative Form ‫ּולְ עָ בְ דוֹ ּבְ כָל לְ בַ בְ כֶם‬ And to serve Him with all of your heart (Devarim 11:13) The Source for the Mitzvah of Tefillah Anyone who is asked the question, “What is the source for the mitzvah of tefillah in the Torah?” will probably respond by quoting three words from our Parsha (11:13), “ֹ ‫ּולְ עָ בְ דו‬ ‫ —ּבְ כָ ל לְ בַ בְ כֶ ם‬and to serve Him with all your heart,” adding the comment of the Sifrei (Devarim, siman 41): “This refers to tefillah.” To support this teaching we would cite the words of the Gemara in Masechet Taanit (2a), “‫ — איזו היא עבודה שבלב? The Rambam (Hilchot Tefillah 1:1) says: It is a positive mitzvah from the Torah to pray every day,1 as it says (Shemot 23:25), “‫ — וַעֲ בַ דְ ּתֶ ם אֵ ת ה’ אֱ ֹלקֵ יכֶ ם‬You shall serve Hashem, your God.” Through tradition we have learned that the “avodah” here refers to tefillah, as it says, “‫ּולְ עָ בְ דו ֹ ּבְ כָ ל לְ בַ בְ כֶ ם‬,” 1 This is as opposed to the opinion of the Ramban, who does not count the mitzvah of tefillah in the list of the Taryag. In other words, the question is, why did the Rambam mention the pasuk of “‫וַעֲ בַ דְ ּתֶ ם‬,” which does not refer explicitly to tefillah, and then bring another pasuk that clarifies that the avodah here is in the heart, i.e., tefillah, when he could have simply just brought the pasuk of “‫ ”ּולְ עָ בְ דו ֹ ּבְ כָ ל לְ בַ בְ כֶ ם‬itself, which would have told us everything? The Kesef Mishneh answers: The reason is because the pasuk of “ֹ ‫ ”ּולְ עָ בְ דו‬is not a mitzvah — a commandment, but rather sippur devarim — a narration; “‫וְ הָ יָה אִ ם ׁשָ מ ֹעַ ּתִ ׁשְ מְ עּו … לְ ַאהֲ בָ ה אֶ ת ה’ אֱ ֹלקֵ יכֶ ם‬ … ‫ — ּולְ עָ בְ דו … וְ נָתַ ּתִ י מְ טַ ר ַארְ צְ כֶ ם‬If you will listen … to love Hashem your God and to serve Him … and I will provide rain for your land … “ The fundamental principle we are being taught here is that a mitzvah of the Torah can only be derived from a pasuk that is phrased as a commandment. The Sefer HaChinuch In a similar vein, the Sefer HaChinuch (mitzvah 3) takes great care in explaining to us how

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Meshech Chochma

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4 августа 2023 г.

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4

Темы: family_education, health_mind, parsha_commentary