ספרי דברים 58

(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.

Pisqa’ 58¹⁸H:114; JN1:184.
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).¹⁹Cf. Sifra, ‘akharei mot, 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!²⁰Cf. Pisqa’ 33.3 for an other version of this theme.