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Why does the Torah use the double expression "Im Shacho'ach Tishkach"?

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Rashi (in 11:13): 'Once you begin to forget, you will go on to forget everything'. 1

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Rashi: As it states in Megilas Chasidim (or Megilas S'tarim - [It is also a Sifri]) 'If you will abandon Me for one day, I will abandon you for two!' (See Sifsei Chachamim there. In other words, when you forget Hashem, He forgets you

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Why does the Torah use the double expression "Ki Avod Toveidun"?

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Seforno: Because if Yisrael follow the sequence mentioned in the Pasuk, they will lose Olam ha'Ba as well as Olam ha'Zeh. 1

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Presumably, the heading in the Seforno, which reads 'Toveidun ka'Goyim", ought to read 'Avod Toveidun'.

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