Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 58
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(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’ 58¹⁸
- “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’