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DEUTERONOMY — 11:13 if

Torah Book & Portion, Book of Deuteronomy, Eikev (Deuteronomy 7:12–11:25), Source Book Keys, GREENBERG
Page(s): 29
DEUT501 Secular rationalizations of the ethical and moral infringe upon the religious … in the tacit or explicit assumption that the universe, or the human component of it, is so constituted that the ethical and moral coincide with the self–interest of the agent. ... This assumption is not subject to empirical validation. It calls for as vigorous and active faith as the biblical assurance that [this and following two verses].

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DEUTERONOMY — 11:13 loving

Torah Book & Portion, Book of Deuteronomy, Eikev (Deuteronomy 7:12–11:25), Source Book Keys, COHON
Page(s): 128
DEUT504 As far as this life is concerned, Ben 'Azzai states succinctly: "The reward of a precept is a precept and the punishment of a transgression is a transgression." Abot 4:21; see also Abot R. Nathan A 25; B 33. The real compensation for either good or evil is in the acts themselves. Good leads to more good, and evil is trailed by evil. Rabbi Elazar comments on Psalm 112:1, "'Happy is the man who feareth the Lord, that delights greatly in His commandments,' i.e., who delights in His commandments themselves and not in the reward of His commandments." Ab. Z. 19a. The Sifre comments on (this verse), "Lest you say I shall study Torah in order that I may become rich, that I may be called Rabbi or that I may be rewarded in the hereafter, Scripture specifies 'to love the Lord your God'; whatever you do, do from love." 122 R. Eleazar b. Zadok taught: "Do things for the sake of doing them; engage in them for their own sake."

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DEUTERONOMY — 11:13 serving

Torah Book & Portion, Book of Deuteronomy, Eikev (Deuteronomy 7:12–11:25), Source Book Keys, AMJV
Page(s): 95
DEUT510 According to some opinions, man who is a spiritual being [i.e., unlike animals], can impact the higher spiritual worlds (Nefesh HaChaim, gate 1:3). While this mystical idea is not universally accepted, praying to God is something that is unique to man and is commanded by God for man to do [this verse]. Whether man can "change God's mind" or "change himself to influence God's decisions, man certainly has some influence on the spiritual world.

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