אִם־בְּחֻקֹּתַ֖י תֵּלֵ֑כוּ וְאֶת־מִצְוֺתַ֣י תִּשְׁמְר֔וּ וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֹתָֽם׃
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Tiferet Shlomo
If you follow My statutes and observe My commandments them: it appears to me that every mitzvah has ten sefirot and the entire organism. The offspring of Yaakov is Yosef, and Yosef is the idea of Yesod, which gives life to Malchus, which gives life to all the worlds. That's the meaning of the words "you shall do them"--them refers to yesod because yesod is a sign. You should do the mitzvahs with love and fear of G-d so that every mitzvah should have yesod in it to give life to the world. This is the meaning that part of the Shema. A part of the expression is redundant, what's the meaning of this? In every mitzvah, the intent is to become one with and arrive to holiness as we say in our prayers "He has sanctified us with His mitzvot" as it says in Zohar: there are 613 pieces of advice as the commentaries explain. If you do the mitzvot, they will bring love, reverence, and holiness, but that's only if you do these mitzvot with the focus of yesod. One limb strengthens the other limb. We cause the yesod, in each mitzvah, bestows holiness and light to those who do the mitzvah. It says in the verse "you fulfilled your words because you're tzaddik and saw the pain of our forefathers in Egypt" The Torah is explains about the divine flow of yesod, which is called tzaddik. Our sages say that when it says in the Torah (about the pain of our forefathers) that this refers to when there was a lacking of intimacy in Egypt. He saw that they were pained. This is the meaning of the verse "who is like this great nation that has chukim, mishpatim, and tzaddikim" this is because every mitzvah has ten sefirot, and the yesod is called tzaddik because it brings life, health, parnasa, reverance, and love.
Rashi
אם בחקתי תלכו IF YE WALK IN MY ORDINANCES — One might think that this denotes the fulfilment of the commandments; but when Scripture states “and ye shall keep My commandments and do them”, it is plain that in this passage there is mentioned the “fulfilment of the commands”. How then must I explain אם בחקתי תלכו? As an admonition that you should study the Torah laboriously (Sifra, Bechukotai, Section 1 1-2)
Kli Yakar
“If you follow My statutes, etc.” Rashi explains that “you should toil in Torah, etc.” Even though Rashi arrived at this interpretation from the redundancy in the verses since keeping the commandments is already mentioned, nevertheless, the language itself also requires explanation.
His [Rashi’s] intention is to divide this verse into three parts, corresponding to which and I will give is mentioned three times. In the first section it says, If you follow My statutes. This refers to toiling in Torah and establishing fixed times for Torah study as an unbreakable rule. For this reason, the language My statutes [bechukkotai] is used, as the intent is not about the statutory [arational] commandments since we do not find the language of “walking” or “following” used with them throughout the Torah. The Torah never says “walk in My statutes, which indicates that this ”walking“ refers to something that the Holy One, blessed be He, does not command directly, but rather something a person does of his own accord. Necessarily, this must be interpreted as something a person does naturally, as through habituation it becomes second nature. This can only apply to someone who establishes fixed times and rules for Torah study, accustoming himself to come to the house of study at a specific time until it becomes natural for his feet.
This aligns with the Midrash (Rabbah 35:1) which says about If you follow My statutes: This is what is written I considered my ways and turned my feet to Your testimonies (Psalms 119:59). David said before the Holy One, blessed be He, ”Master of the Universe, each day I would plan to go to a certain place, but my feet would bring me to houses of study, etc.“ This happens only because he established fixed times for Torah study as an unbreakable rule, to the point that his feet would guarantee to take him to houses of study unconsciously, as they had become accustomed to it.
Therefore, there was no need to command this to a person, because something done without conscious intention cannot be subject to a commandment — one cannot command the feet. Rather, it speaks of a situation where one has established fixed times for Torah study until, at that time, one’s feet go by themselves at the appointed time, which is called a ”statute“ [chok]. Regarding this it says, If you follow My statutes.
Corresponding to this, it states, I will give your rains in their time. For the one who establishes fixed times for Torah study, this is his reward — that the rains will come in their proper time. As the Sages said (Taanit 7b), ”Rain is withheld only because of the sin of neglecting Torah study, as it is said Through laziness, the ceiling sags (Ecclesiastes 10:18).“
His [Rashi’s] intention is to divide this verse into three parts, corresponding to which and I will give is mentioned three times. In the first section it says, If you follow My statutes. This refers to toiling in Torah and establishing fixed times for Torah study as an unbreakable rule. For this reason, the language My statutes [bechukkotai] is used, as the intent is not about the statutory [arational] commandments since we do not find the language of “walking” or “following” used with them throughout the Torah. The Torah never says “walk in My statutes, which indicates that this ”walking“ refers to something that the Holy One, blessed be He, does not command directly, but rather something a person does of his own accord. Necessarily, this must be interpreted as something a person does naturally, as through habituation it becomes second nature. This can only apply to someone who establishes fixed times and rules for Torah study, accustoming himself to come to the house of study at a specific time until it becomes natural for his feet.
This aligns with the Midrash (Rabbah 35:1) which says about If you follow My statutes: This is what is written I considered my ways and turned my feet to Your testimonies (Psalms 119:59). David said before the Holy One, blessed be He, ”Master of the Universe, each day I would plan to go to a certain place, but my feet would bring me to houses of study, etc.“ This happens only because he established fixed times for Torah study as an unbreakable rule, to the point that his feet would guarantee to take him to houses of study unconsciously, as they had become accustomed to it.
Therefore, there was no need to command this to a person, because something done without conscious intention cannot be subject to a commandment — one cannot command the feet. Rather, it speaks of a situation where one has established fixed times for Torah study until, at that time, one’s feet go by themselves at the appointed time, which is called a ”statute“ [chok]. Regarding this it says, If you follow My statutes.
Corresponding to this, it states, I will give your rains in their time. For the one who establishes fixed times for Torah study, this is his reward — that the rains will come in their proper time. As the Sages said (Taanit 7b), ”Rain is withheld only because of the sin of neglecting Torah study, as it is said Through laziness, the ceiling sags (Ecclesiastes 10:18).“