1)

What is the Torah referring to when it writes "u'Shemartem es Divrei ha'Beris ha'Zos Va'asisem osam"?

1.

Sanhedrin, 99b: It is referring to teaching Torah to others - and it teaches us that if Reuven teaching Shimon's son Torah it is as if he made him into the person Hashem created him to be. 1 Moreover, since we can read "Osam" as 'Atem', it is as if he made hiimself.


1

See Torah Temimah, note 3.

2)

What are the connotations of "Lema'an Taskilu"?

1.

Seforno, Ibn Ezra, Targum Onkelos and Targum Yonasan: It means 'in order that you succeed' (both as regards the world to come and in this world - Seforno). 1


1

Ibn Ezra: Like we find in Shmuel 1, 18:15.

3)

What are the conotations of "Lema'an Taskilu es Kol asher Ta'asun"?

1.

Refer to 29:6:1:3.

2.

Lev Eliyahu (Shemos p.159): It means that, through guarding the Mitzvos, you will come to perform Mitzvos with added knowledge and understanding, which in turn, brings to more knowledge.

3.

Avodah Zarah, 19b: It means that if one studies Torah diligently, all one's business ventures will succeed. 1


1

See Torah Temimah, note 5, who suggests that the word 'Nechasav Matzlichin lo' should be replaced with 'Derachav <i>Matzlichin lo' - that one will succeed in all one's endevours.

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