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Abarbanel on Torah

Abarbanel on Torah — Sefaria Community Translation

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Abarbanel on Torah, Deuteronomy 26:16:1

...After our teacher, Moses, finished explaining the Torah, he said, "This day the Lord... commands you to do." [This] means to say, since I have already finished explaining the commandments, there is no need to speak about their explanation any more; but rather to command you about their performance and observance. As behold, perhaps up until now you did not know the explanation of the commandments. But now that I have already explained them, there is nothing new to add, and the only thing left to warn [about] is their performance. And this is [the meaning of] his saying, "This day, the Lord your God commands you to do"...

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