20 — 8) "Remember the Sabbath day to sanctify it" — "Remember"

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Mekhilta Tractate Bachodesh 7:6

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 8, 2025

(Ibid. 20:8) "Remember the Sabbath day to sanctify it": "Remember" and "Keep" (the Sabbath day to sanctify it [Devarim 5:12]) were both stated in one pronouncement. (Exodus 31:14) "Its profaners shall be put to death" and (Numbers 28:9) "And on the Sabbath day, (sacrifice) two yearling lambs" were both stated in one pronouncement (Leviticus 18:16) "the nakedness of your brother's wife" and (Devarim 25:5) "Her yavam (levir, i.e., her brother-in-law) shall come upon her" were both stated in the same pronouncement. (Ibid. 22:11) "You shall not wear sha'atnez, wool and linen together" and (Ibid. 12) "Fringes (involving sha'atnez) shall you make for yourself" were both stated in the same pronouncement—something beyond the powers of a human being to say. As it is written (Psalms 62:12) "One thing has G–d spoken, these two have I heard." (Jeremiah 23:29) "Is My word not like fire, says the L–rd (and like a hammer shattering rock!")

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