וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֤ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣ לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁר֙ יִיטַ֣ב לְךָ֔ וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּרְבּ֖וּן מְאֹ֑ד כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ דִּבֶּ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֤י אֲבֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ לָ֔ךְ אֶ֛רֶץ זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֖ב וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ (פ)
Maka dengarlah, hai Israel, dan jagalah baik-baik untuk melakukannya, supaya baik keadaanmu dan supaya kamu bertambah sangat banyak, sebagaimana yang dijanjikan Yang Mahakekal, Allah nenek moyangmu, kepadamu, yaitu negeri yang berlimpah susu dan madu.
Duties of the Heart
First there is the command to believe in the Creator, when it says "Hear O Israel the L-ord". His intent was not for hearing of the ear, but rather for belief and acceptance of the heart, as the verse says "we will do and we will hear" (Ex. 24:7), and "Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it" (Deut. 6:3), and similarly for all other verses which come in this way using a term denoting "hearing", the intent is only to bring to belief and acceptance.
Nineteen Letters
Strive ever to draw nearer to God, to be more closely united to Him in love and piety, more devoted and faithful to thy sacred mission on earth. Strive also to make the earth a truly human habitation, its creatures truly human possessions, in order that, in addition to your internal resources you may acquire also external wealth as means for carrying out your mission of blessing, and in order to be able independently to establish a house, as a temple in which shall be reared young scions of Adam's race as ideal human beings, ideal Israelites. For such purpose, to grace such a house, take a wife and bring her into your home. Next follows the first task of your blessed mission of love, the first and the highest; to be all in all to helpless human creatures without claim or demand upon you; even to sacrifice your own welfare in order that they shall be able to attain to both earthly well-being and spiritual ideal; that your child may become man-Israel.