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<h1>Adding and Detracting from Torah</h1> | <h1>Adding and Detracting from Torah</h1> | ||
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| − | At the beginning of Moshe's legal speech (Devarim 4:2), he warns the nation against adding or detracting from Hashem's command:<multilang style="overflow: auto"> | + | At the beginning of Moshe's legal speech (Devarim 4:2), he warns the nation against adding or detracting from Hashem's command:<multilang style="overflow: auto;"> |
<q xml:lang="he" dir="rtl">לֹא תֹסִפוּ עַל הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם וְלֹא תִגְרְעוּ מִמֶּנּוּ לִשְׁמֹר אֶת מִצְוֺת י״י אֱלֹהֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם.</q> | <q xml:lang="he" dir="rtl">לֹא תֹסִפוּ עַל הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם וְלֹא תִגְרְעוּ מִמֶּנּוּ לִשְׁמֹר אֶת מִצְוֺת י״י אֱלֹהֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם.</q> | ||
<q xml:lang="en">You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you diminish from it, that you may keep the commandments of Hashem your God which I command you.</q> | <q xml:lang="en">You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you diminish from it, that you may keep the commandments of Hashem your God which I command you.</q> | ||
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<p>The warning is repeated in very similar wording in Devarim 13:1:</p> | <p>The warning is repeated in very similar wording in Devarim 13:1:</p> | ||
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<q xml:lang="he" dir="rtl">אֵת כׇּל הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם אֹתוֹ תִשְׁמְרוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת לֹא תֹסֵף עָלָיו וְלֹא תִגְרַע מִמֶּנּוּ.</q> | <q xml:lang="he" dir="rtl">אֵת כׇּל הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם אֹתוֹ תִשְׁמְרוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת לֹא תֹסֵף עָלָיו וְלֹא תִגְרַע מִמֶּנּוּ.</q> | ||
<q xml:lang="en">Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do: you shall not add thereto, nor diminish from it.</q> | <q xml:lang="en">Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do: you shall not add thereto, nor diminish from it.</q> | ||
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| − | <p>The verses do not elucidate further, leaving the reader to wonder what exactly is included in the prohibition. Does Moshe refer to changing the form of existing laws or to enacting new ones?  If one performs a commandment more times than required, or at a time not mandated, would that be a violation? Is voluntary performance of a mitzvah from which one is not obligated included in the prohibition? | + | <p>The verses do not elucidate further, leaving the reader to wonder what exactly is included in the prohibition.How broad is its scope?  Does Moshe refer to changing the form of existing laws or to enacting new ones?  If one performs a commandment more times than required, or at a time not mandated, would that be a violation? Is voluntary performance of a mitzvah from which one is not obligated included in the prohibition? Finally, does the law include only the total nullification of a law or also individual non-compliance? </p> |
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Version as of 05:36, 19 February 2021
Adding and Detracting from Torah
Introduction
The Scope of the Law
At the beginning of Moshe's legal speech (Devarim 4:2), he warns the nation against adding or detracting from Hashem's command:
לֹא תֹסִפוּ עַל הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם וְלֹא תִגְרְעוּ מִמֶּנּוּ לִשְׁמֹר אֶת מִצְוֺת י״י אֱלֹהֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם.
You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you diminish from it, that you may keep the commandments of Hashem your God which I command you.
The warning is repeated in very similar wording in Devarim 13:1:
אֵת כׇּל הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם אֹתוֹ תִשְׁמְרוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת לֹא תֹסֵף עָלָיו וְלֹא תִגְרַע מִמֶּנּוּ.
Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do: you shall not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
The verses do not elucidate further, leaving the reader to wonder what exactly is included in the prohibition.How broad is its scope? Does Moshe refer to changing the form of existing laws or to enacting new ones? If one performs a commandment more times than required, or at a time not mandated, would that be a violation? Is voluntary performance of a mitzvah from which one is not obligated included in the prohibition? Finally, does the law include only the total nullification of a law or also individual non-compliance?
