## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 58

###### Sifrei Devarim 58:1
[Sifrei Devarim 58:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/58:1)

(דברים יא לב) **וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם** – זוֹ מִשְׁנָה, ״וַעֲשִׂיתֶם״ – זוֹ מַעֲשֶׂה, **אֶת כָּל הַחֻקִּים** – אֵלּוּ הַמִּדְרָשׁוֹת, **וְאֶת הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים** – אֵלּוּ הַדִּינִים, **אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי נֹתֵן לִפְנֵיכֶם הַיּוֹם** – יִהְיוּ חֲבִיבִים עָלֶיךָ הַיּוֹם כְּאִלּוּ הַיּוֹם קִבַּלְתֶּם אוֹתָם מֵהַר סִינַי, יְהוּ רְגִילִים בְּפִיכֶם כְּאִלּוּ הַיּוֹם שְׁמַעְתֶּם אוֹתָם.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 58**¹⁸
1. **“Then you shall preserve” (Dt. 11:32)—**
**the oral-performative tradition (*mishnah*).**
**“And perform” (Dt. 11:32)—**
**the deeds required by the Torah (*ma`aseh*).**
**“All the statutes” (Dt. 11:32)—**
**rules derived from scriptural hermeneutics (*midrashot*).**
**“And the rulings” (Dt. 11:32)—**
**the civil judgments (*dinim*).**¹⁹ par.9:9; Ibid., *‘emor,* per. 9:3; Mechilta Ishmael, *‘amaleq,* par. 2, among the numerous references supplied in F:124, n. 11.
**“Which I am placing before you *today*” (Dt. 11:32)—**
**may they be as precious to you today**
**as if you accepted them upon yourself**
**from Mt. Sinai*, this very day*.**
**May they be as familiar in your mouths**
**as if you had heard them *this very day***!²⁰ 33.3 for an other version of this theme.

footnotes:
¹⁸ H:114; JN1:184.
¹⁹ Cf. Sifra, ‘akharei mot,
²⁰ Cf. Pisqa’