## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 79

###### Sifrei Devarim 79:1
[Sifrei Devarim 79:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/79:1)

(דברים יב כח) **שְׁמֹר וְשָׁמַעְתָּ**, אִם שָׁמַעְתָּ מְעַט – סוֹפְךָ לִשְׁמוֹעַ הַרְבֵּה, אִם שָׁמַרְתָּ מְעַט – סוֹפְךָ לִשְׁמוֹר הַרְבֵּה, אִם שָׁמַרְתָּ מַה שֶּׁשָּׁמַעְתָּ – סוֹפְךָ לִשְׁמוֹר מַה שֶּׁלֹּא שָׁמַעְתָּ; שְׁמוֹר מַה שֶּׁבְּיָדְךָ – וְסוֹפְךָ לִלְמוֹד לֶעָתִיד.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 12:28) "Take heed and hearken": If you take heed just a little, in the end you will hearken much. If you take heed of what you have heard, in the end you will take heed of what you have not heard. If you take heed of what you have now, in the end you will take heed of what you are destined to have.


###### Sifrei Devarim 79:2
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דָּבָר אַחֵר: זָכָה אָדָם לִלְמוֹד תּוֹרָה – זָכָה לוֹ וּלְדוֹרוֹתָיו עַד סוֹף כָּל הַדּוֹרוֹת.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Another explanation: If one has merited to learn Torah, he merits for himself as well as for all his future descendants.


###### Sifrei Devarim 79:3
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**שְׁמֹר וְשָׁמַעְתָּ**, כָּל שֶׁאֵינוֹ בִּכְלַל מִשְׁנָה – אֵינוֹ בִּכְלַל מַעֲשֶׂה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"Take heed and hearken": Whoever is not in the class of learning is not in the class of doing.


###### Sifrei Devarim 79:4
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**אֵת כָּל הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּךָּ**, שֶׁתְּהֵא מִצְוָה קַלָּה חֲבִיבָה עָלֶיךָ כְּמִצְוָה חֲמוּרָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"*all* of these things that I command you": A "slight" commandment should be as beloved by you as a "weighty" one.


###### Sifrei Devarim 79:5
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**כִּי תַעֲשֶׂה הַטּוֹב וְהַיָּשָׁר**, **הַטּוֹב** בְּעֵינֵי שָׁמַיִם, **וְהַיָּשָׁר** בְּעֵינֵי אָדָם, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי עֲקִיבָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"so that it be well with you (and with your children after you forever") If one merits learning, he merits it for himself and for his descendants until the end of all the generations. "if you do what is good and what is just": what is good in the eyes of Heaven and what is just in the eyes of man. These are the words of R. Akiva. R. Yishmael says: what is just in the eyes of Heaven and what is good in the eyes of man, as it is written (Proverbs 3:4) "and you will find grace and good regard in the eyes of G-d and man."