Talmud for Deuteronomy 6:3
וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֤ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣ לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁר֙ יִיטַ֣ב לְךָ֔ וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּרְבּ֖וּן מְאֹ֑ד כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ דִּבֶּ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֤י אֲבֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ לָ֔ךְ אֶ֛רֶץ זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֖ב וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ (פ)
Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD, the God of thy fathers, hath promised unto thee—a land flowing with milk and honey.
Tractate Kallah Rabbati
BARAITHA. Love the Torah and honour it.
GEMARA. ‘Love the Torah.’ Whence have we this? For it is written, Thou shalt love [’eth] the Lord thy God,110Deut. 6, 3; ’eth is the sign of the accusative case. ’eth [being added] to include love of the Torah. Similarly you may quote, Honour [’eth] thy father,111Ex. 20, 12. where ’eth [is added to include] your stepmother; and [we’eth] thy mother to include your stepfather; [or] we- [and] to include your elder brother.112Cf. Keth. 103a (Sonc. ed., p. 657). What is ‘love’ and what is ‘honour’? ‘Love’ is with the heart and ‘honour’ with deeds. And [is ‘honour’] not with words? It has been taught: He who speaks against the Torah and against the disciples of the wise has no share in the World to Come! Say that [‘honour’] is also with words.
GEMARA. ‘Love the Torah.’ Whence have we this? For it is written, Thou shalt love [’eth] the Lord thy God,110Deut. 6, 3; ’eth is the sign of the accusative case. ’eth [being added] to include love of the Torah. Similarly you may quote, Honour [’eth] thy father,111Ex. 20, 12. where ’eth [is added to include] your stepmother; and [we’eth] thy mother to include your stepfather; [or] we- [and] to include your elder brother.112Cf. Keth. 103a (Sonc. ed., p. 657). What is ‘love’ and what is ‘honour’? ‘Love’ is with the heart and ‘honour’ with deeds. And [is ‘honour’] not with words? It has been taught: He who speaks against the Torah and against the disciples of the wise has no share in the World to Come! Say that [‘honour’] is also with words.
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