Keeping Mitzvot Expands Your Borders Says Deuteronomy

Sifrei Devarim 75:1

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

(Devarim 12:20) "When the L-rd your G-d broadens your boundaries": Observe the mitzvah prescribed herein, in whose merit the L-rd shall broaden your boundaries.

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