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- Why does the word שְׁמֹר preceed וְשָׁמַעְתָּ? It seems out of order.
- How do the meforshim reconcile this, and what does it teach us?
- What do these verbs mean in action?
- How does performing שְׁמֹר וְשָׁמַעְתָּ lead to לְמַעַן יִיטַב לְךָ?
- How does it affect your children forever?!
- What is the הַטּוֹב וְהַיָּשָׁר that one should do?
- What's the difference between the two words?
- How is this connected to the first part of the pasuk?
(כח) שְׁמֹ֣ר וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֗ אֵ֚ת כׇּל־הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָנֹכִ֖י מְצַוֶּ֑ךָּ לְמַ֩עַן֩ יִיטַ֨ב לְךָ֜ וּלְבָנֶ֤יךָ אַחֲרֶ֙יךָ֙ עַד־עוֹלָ֔ם כִּ֤י תַעֲשֶׂה֙ הַטּ֣וֹב וְהַיָּשָׁ֔ר בְּעֵינֵ֖י יהוה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ {ס}
(28) Be careful to heed all these commandments that I enjoin upon you; thus it will go well with you and with your descendants after you forever, for you will be doing what is good and right in the sight of your God יהוה.