Three Commandments Israel Received on Entering the Land

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Ki Teitzei 17:1

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(Deuteronomy 25:19:) "And it shall come to pass, when the LORD your God grants you rest from all your enemies round about… you shall blot out the remembrance of Amalek." Rabbi Azariah said that Rabbi Judah bar Simon said in the name of Rabbi Judah bar Il'ai: Israel was commanded concerning three commandments upon their entry into the Land,

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