כִּ֚י יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ אֵ֥שׁ אֹכְלָ֖ה ה֑וּא אֵ֖ל קַנָּֽא׃ (פ)
<span class="x" onmousemove="Show('perush','El Rambam explica esta parte del versículo en el <b>2º Capítulo</b> de Las Leyes de los Fundamentos de la Torá.',event);" onmouseout="Close();">Porque el Señor; tu Dios es fuego que consume</span>, Dios celoso.
Tzava'at HaRivash
The verse states,184Deuteronomy 11:22 “To love HaShem, your God, to follow in all His ways, and to adhere to Him.” Our sages, of blessed memory, asked,185Talmud Bavli, Ketubot 111b; Shabbat 133b; Sotah 14a “Is it possible to adhere to Him? Is He not a consuming fire? As written,186Deuteronomy 4:24 ‘For HaShem, your God, is a consuming fire.’ Rather, adhere to His attributes. Just as He is compassionate, so too, you be compassionate etc.”
Tzava'at HaRivash
Therefore, the Talmud asks, “Is it not written,188Deuteronomy 4:24 ‘For HaShem, your God, is a devouring fire’?” In other words, arousal of fervor and passion is temporary, since it is in a way of “reaching, but not reaching” (Mati V’Lo Mati), like fire. This being so, how is it possible to adhere to HaShem, blessed is He? The resolution is to, “Adhere to His attributes,” meaning to His garments, which refers to the letters of the Torah. For, the letters of the Torah can be in one’s mind constantly, and the Torah is the garment of HaShem, blessed is He. Thus, even when speaking with others, one should think the letters of Torah, for the twenty-two letters of the Torah are also of the Holy One, blessed is He.