(Exod. 15:25, cont.:) THERE HE ESTABLISHED FOR THEM A STATUTE AND AN ORDINANCE. A STATUTE (as in Exod. 20:12): The honoring of father and mother.⁶⁵‘ 1, according to which the statute concerns the Sabbath, while the ordinance is the honoring of father and mother.

footnotes: ⁶⁵ Cf. Mekhilta de Rabbi Ishmael, Wayassa

(Exod. 15:26:) HE ALSO SAID: IF YOU DILIGENTLY HEED. When someone has been willing to heed one commandment, he heeds many. {R. Eleazar} [R. Simeon ben Eleazar] says: Anyone who wants to heed, that one is made to heed.

(Ibid., cont.:) THE VOICE OF THE LORD YOUR GOD. From here you learn: Everyone who learns from the mouth of a learned sage is like one who hears from the mouth of the Almighty.

(Ibid., cont.:) DO WHAT IS UPRIGHT IN HIS EYES, i.e., conduct business in peace.

(Ibid., cont.:) GIVE EAR TO HIS COMMANDMENTS, i.e., the laws (halakhot).

(Ibid., cont.:) AND HEED ALL HIS STATUTES, i.e., his decrees.

(Ibid., end:) …, FOR I AM THE LORD YOUR PHYSICIAN. The Holy One said to Israel: The words of Torah that I have given you are healing you, as stated (in Prov. 3:8): IT SHALL BE HEALING TO YOUR NAVEL….