Moses Urges Israel to Study and Truly Understand Torah

Sifrei Devarim 128:1

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·March 24, 2026

Moses telling them: Take care to study these things and to expound them.

(Devarim 16:1) "And you shall make the Pesach (offering)": Its "making" must be to that end. If he offered it not in its name, it is invalid.

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