What are "ve'Zos ha'Torah ... " in this Pasuk and "Eileh ha'Eidos ... " in the following Pasuk referring to?
Rashi: They are referring to the Mitzvos that Moshe is about to repeat starting from the beginning of Perek 5. 1
R. Bachye: "ve'Zos ha'Torah ... " refers to the Aseres ha?Dibros which the Torah will present shortly.
Seforno: "ve'Zos ha'Torah ... " is referring to the part of Torah that is based on thought, that Moshe taught them until now, whereas "Eileh ha'Eidos ... " in the following Pasuk is referring to the testimonies that came as a result of the miracles that they witnessed. 2
Ba?al ha?Turim: ?ha?Eidos? has the same Gematriya as ?Talmud?.
Rashi: And that is also what the next Pasuk is referring to when it writes "Eileh ha'Eidos ... ," since it is the same Mitzvos that Hashem taught Moshe at Har Sinai that Moshe is now going to repeat at Arvos Mo'av.
It is not however clear why the Seforno ignores the Chukim and Mishpatim that the following Pasuk also mentions.
Why does the Torah juxtapose "ve'Zos ha'Torah ... " to the Parshah of Arei Miklat? ?ve?es Golan ba?Bashan ? ??
R. Bachye #1 (citing Devaim Rabah): To teach us that, like the Arei Miklat, 1 Torah saves from death. 2 3
R. Bachye #2 (citing Makos 10a: To teach us that like the Arei Miklat, Torah saves the person who is learning it from the Malach ha?Maves. 4
Ba?al ha?Turim: the Torah juxtapose "ve'Zos ha'Torah ... " to ?ve?es Golan ba?Bashan ? ?to hint at what the Mishnah in Avos 4:14 teaches ? ?Hevei Goleh li?Mekom Torah? (Exile to a location of Torah).
R. Bachye: Even more than the Arei Miklat, since, whereas the Arei Miklat saves only those who killed be?Shogeg, Torah saves even those who sinned be?Meizid.
As the Pasuk writes in Mishlei 3:18 ?Eitz Chayim hi la?Machzikim bah!?
R. Bachye: When the people asked Moshe how they will escape death if the Arei Miklat are no longer effective, he answered by learning Torah.
Like Rav Chisda, whom the Malach ha?Maves was unable to kill, until he caused him to interrupt his learning. See R. Bachye and Torah Temimah note 75.
Why does the Torah insert this Pasuk here?
Refer to 4:44:1:2.
Oznayim la'Torah: To teach us that the Torah is a Toras Chayim and without it is as form of deatjh. Refer rto 4:42:2:1.
Makos, 10a: To teach us that just as the Arei Miklat protect the Rotze'ach (be'Shogeg) from the Go'el ha' Dam, so too, does Torah protects those who study it from the Mal'ach ha'Maves.
Why does the Torah write " ... Asher Sam Moshe ifnei B'nei Yisrael" and not 'asher Nasan Moshe'??
