רְאֵ֗ה אָנֹכִ֛י נֹתֵ֥ן לִפְנֵיכֶ֖ם הַיּ֑וֹם בְּרָכָ֖ה וּקְלָלָֽה׃
Lihatlah, pada hari ini aku menaruh di hadapanmu berkat dan kutuk:
Mishneh Torah, Repentance
And, this matter is a great and component part, the very pillar of the Torah and its precepts, even as it is said: "See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil" (Deut. 30.15), and it is, moreover, written: "Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and curse" (Ibid. 11.26). This is as if saying, the power is in your hand, and whatever human activity man may be inclined to carry on he has a free will to elect either good or evil. And, because of this very subject it is said: "Oh, who would grant that they had such a heart as this, to fear Me, and to keep all my commandments at all times" (Ibid. 5.26). This is as if saying, that the Creator forces not the sons of man, and makes no decrees against them that they should do good or evil, but that it all is in their own keeping.5Since Maimoni no authority in Israel disputed this. G.
Mishneh Torah, Overview of Mishneh Torah Contents
LAWS OF THE FIRST-BORN.
These comprise five precepts, of which two are affirmative precepts and three are negative precepts. Their detailed enumeration is as follows: 1) to set apart the first-born (of the cattle); 2) not to eat an unblemished first-born outside Jerusalem; 3) not to redeem the first-born (of the clean cattle); 4) to set apart tithe of the young of the clean cattle; 5) not to redeem the tithe of cattle. I have included the laws of tithe of cattle with those of first-born of cattle because the procedure is the same in both, and Scripture includes the former with the latter in the text "Thou shalt sprinkle their blood (on the altar)" (Num. 18:17), which text has been traditionally interpreted to refer to the blood of the tithe of cattle and the blood of firstlings.
These comprise five precepts, of which two are affirmative precepts and three are negative precepts. Their detailed enumeration is as follows: 1) to set apart the first-born (of the cattle); 2) not to eat an unblemished first-born outside Jerusalem; 3) not to redeem the first-born (of the clean cattle); 4) to set apart tithe of the young of the clean cattle; 5) not to redeem the tithe of cattle. I have included the laws of tithe of cattle with those of first-born of cattle because the procedure is the same in both, and Scripture includes the former with the latter in the text "Thou shalt sprinkle their blood (on the altar)" (Num. 18:17), which text has been traditionally interpreted to refer to the blood of the tithe of cattle and the blood of firstlings.
Mishneh Torah, Transmission of the Oral Law
Likewise are the customs and by-laws, which were inaugurated and enacted in each and every generation, by authority of the tribunal of a given generation derived therefrom. Moreover, it is forbidden to deviate from them, even as it is said: "Thou shalt not turn aside from the sentence which they shall declare unto thee, to the right hand, nor to the left" (Deut. 17.11.).