Komentaryong Sumisipi para sa Mga Awit 119:18

The eighth principle That the Torah is from Heaven and that is that we believe that this Torah that is given to us through Moshe, our teacher - peace be upon him - is completely from the mouth of the Almighty; which is to say that it all came to him from God, may He be blessed, in a manner that is metaphorically called speech. And no one knows how it came to him except Moshe himself, peace be upon him - since it came to him. And [we believe] that he was like a scribe who is dictated to and writes down all of the events, the stories and the commandments. And therefore, [Moshe] is called the engraver. And there is no difference between "And the sons of Cham were Kush and Mitsrayim" (Genesis 10:6), "and his wife's name was" Meheitabel" (Genesis 36:39), "And Timnah was his concubine" (Genesis 36:12) [ on the one hand] and "I am the Lord, your God" (Exodus 20:2) and "Hear Israel" (Deuteronomy 6:4) [on the other]; since they are all from the mouth of the Almighty and it is all the Torah of God - complete, pure and holy truth. And anyone who says, "These type of verses or stories were written by Moshe on his own," is for our sages and prophets a heretic, and one who reveals [incorrect] faces [of the Torah] more than all of the heretics; since he thinks that there is a heart and a peel to the Torah and that these chronicles and stories don't have a point to them and that they are from Moshe our teacher - peace be upon him. And this matter of one who holds that the Torah is not from Heaven, the sages said about it (Sanhedrin 99a), that it is one who believes the whole Torah is from the mouth of the Almighty except for this one verse, which the Holy One, blessed be He, did not say, but rather it was from Moshe himself. And this is "Since he disgraced the word of the Lord" (Numbers 15:31) - God, may He be blessed, is above the statements of the heretics. Rather every single word of the Torah contains wisdom and wonders for the one who understands them. And their ultimate wisdom is not [fully] grasped, as 'its measure is longer than the earth and broader than the sea.' And a man should only walk in the footsteps of David, the anointed of the God of Yaakov, who prayed (Psalms 119:18), "Uncover my eyes and I shall look upon the wonders of Your Torah." And so too, the accepted understanding of the Torah is also from the Almighty; and [so] that which we today make a [certain] form for the sukkah, the lulav, the shofar, the tsitsit, the tefilllin and other [such matters], it is the exact form that God, may He be blessed, said to Moshe, and which [Moshe] told to us - and he is reliable in his charge. And the statement that indicates this principle is that which is stated (Numbers 16:28), "with this shall you know that it is the Lord that sent me to do all of these acts, and it is not from my heart."

וּמֵאֲפֵלָה לְאוֹר גָּדוֹל “From darkness to a great light” This was the darkening of their intellect which became dense and covered so that they were unable to recognize our God, God’s ability, and the meaning of Torah which gives us the enlightenment to know God’s wonders as King David prayed, “Open my eyes, that I may perceive the wonders of Your teaching.” (Ps. 119:18) Since we are obligated in this, we should say Hallelujah” This refers to the Hallel prayers which follow that includes all the details that are mentioned.

Preface
(Yichadu) Let Israel declare the unity of the God who redeems the needy and let them speak of the mighty acts of the One who sows salvation! Let not human beings, who are mere maggots, (Job 25:6) refrain; let them speak of God's greatness and the wonders He performed in Egypt so that they may fulfill the words of the commandment, “In order that you may remember the day that you went forth from the land of Egypt all the days of your life.” (Deut, 16:3) I will seek assistance from the Blessed Holy One so that I may reach my intended goal. May God endow me with wisdom, understanding, knowledge and insight. “Open my eyes so that I may perceive the wonders of Your teaching.” (Ps, 119:18)