Chasidut for Deuteronomy 5:19
אֶֽת־הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֡לֶּה דִּבֶּר֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֶל־כָּל־קְהַלְכֶ֜ם בָּהָ֗ר מִתּ֤וֹךְ הָאֵשׁ֙ הֶֽעָנָ֣ן וְהָֽעֲרָפֶ֔ל ק֥וֹל גָּד֖וֹל וְלֹ֣א יָסָ֑ף וַֽיִּכְתְּבֵ֗ם עַל־שְׁנֵי֙ לֻחֹ֣ת אֲבָנִ֔ים וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖ם אֵלָֽי׃
These words the LORD spoke unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice, and it went on no more. And He wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them unto me.
Sefat Emet
(Deuteronomy.5.19) "The Lord spoke those words to all of your congregation." The word 'all of' seems superfluous. The implication:
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This reality came into being at the time the Torah was given. As it says (Deuteronomy.4.10), "Gather the people to Me that I may let them hear My words" -- this was the needed preparation and illumination so that every gathering of Jews for all generations has the ability to awaken those words. As it says (Deuteronomy.5.19, see Targum): "A mighty voice that never stopped."
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This means: this love is the Torah, and the Holy One has ingrained these words into each Jewish soul. As it says (Deuteronomy.5.19), "The Lord spoke these words to all of your congregation... a mighty voice that *never stopped*." For all time, every Jew has the ability to find in his heart words of Torah. As it says (Megillah.6b) "If someone says to you 'I have struggled and I have found success,' -- believe him."
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