Tafsiran Ulangan 6:6: Rashi, Chizkuni, Ibn Ezra & Or HaChaim

— What is the “love” that is here commanded? The next verse tells us: והיו הדברים האלה THESE WORDS [WHICH I COMMAND THEE] SHALL BE [UPON THINE HEART] — for thereby thou wilt arrive at a recognition of the Holy One, blessed be He, and wilt cleave to His ways (Sifrei Devarim 33:1).

והיו הדברים האלה, “and these words.....shall remain”seeing that Moses had said previously that we should love G-d, and he had not added any adjective describing the kind of love he had in mind, he adds additional dimensions, primarily the fact that this should be a steadfast, constant feeling of love for Him. If it is, we will doubtless get to know Him better. (Sifri)

these words The Dissenters [this term, which appears fifteen times in ibn Ezra’s commentary on Deuteronomy, is used by ibn Ezra to denote anyone who does not accept the Rabbinic tradition, in full or in part; in ibn Ezra’s time the dominant non-Rabbinic movement was the Karaites, but a “Dissenter” is anyone who questions the Rabbinic tradition: frequently, but not necessarily, a Karaite — Translator] have applied this phrase to the Ten Commandments (they also believe the Ten Commandments are meant below in “you shall write them on the doorposts of your houses” [: 9]); but the truth is that these words denotes all the commandments.

אשר אנכי מצוך היום [THESE WORDS] WHICH I COMMAND THEE THIS DAY — this day— they should not be in thine eyes as an antiquated דיוטגמא which no one minds, but as one newly given which everyone gladly welcomes (Sifrei Devarim 33:2; cf. our first Note on p. 248 in the Silbermann edition of Exodus). — The word דיוטגמא in this Midrash signifies: a royal command committed to writing.