Commentary for I Kings 2:3
וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֞ אֶת־מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת ׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ לָלֶ֤כֶת בִּדְרָכָיו֙ לִשְׁמֹ֨ר חֻקֹּתָ֤יו מִצְוֺתָיו֙ וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֣יו וְעֵדְוֺתָ֔יו כַּכָּת֖וּב בְּתוֹרַ֣ת מֹשֶׁ֑ה לְמַ֣עַן תַּשְׂכִּ֗יל אֵ֚ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֔ה וְאֵ֛ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּפְנֶ֖ה שָֽׁם׃
and keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, and His commandments, and His ordinances, and His testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself;
Ralbag on I Kings
and keep the charge of the LORD thy God: This means that he should keep in his heart what God commanded in order to observe it. And this surely involves learning Torah. And this learning will involve observing, so that you will walk in the ways of God that are mentioned in Torah, and to keep all the laws and the commandments and the judgments and the testimonies written in the Torah of Moses. By this learning you will succeed and all that is fitting for you to do in everything that happens to you. And you will be prepared to behave according to the ways of the Torah in all your deeds. And thus also you will succeed and know all that is fitting that you will turn there. For example, if a person doesn't know that he is obligated to sit in a Sukkah on the holiday of Sukkot
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