It is Not in the Heavens/2

It is Not in the Heavens – "לֹא בַשָּׁמַיִם הִוא"

Exegetical Approaches

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All of Torah and Mitzvot

Sources: Talmud YerushalmiMoed Katan 3:1About the Yerushalmi, Talmud BavliEiruvin 55aBava Metzia 59bTemurah 16aAbout the Bavli, Devarim RabbahVilna 8:6About Devarim Rabbah, RashiDevarim 30:12-14About R. Shelomo Yitzchaki, R. BachyaDevarim 30:11About R. Bachya b. Asher, MalbimDevarim Devarim 30:11About R. Meir Leibush Weiser

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"בְּפִיךָ וּבִלְבָבְךָ לַעֲשֹׂתוֹ" –

Is repentance a mitzvah? –

What is the definition of loving Hashem? –

Context of Chapter 30 –

Referent of "הַמִּצְוָה" in Sefer Devarim –

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Returning to Hashem

Sources: RambanDevarim Devarim 30:11About R. Moshe Nachmanides, R. Yosef AlboSefer HaIkkarim 4:25About R. Yosef Albo, SefornoDevarim 30:11-14About R. Ovadyah Seforno, NetzivDevarim 30:11-15About R. Naftali Z"Y Berlin

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"בְּפִיךָ וּבִלְבָבְךָ לַעֲשֹׂתוֹ" –

Is repentance a mitzvah? –

What is the definition of loving Hashem? –

Context of Chapter 30 –

Referent of "הַמִּצְוָה" in Sefer Devarim –

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Loving Hashem

Sources: Modern commentators¹

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"בְּפִיךָ וּבִלְבָבְךָ לַעֲשֹׂתוֹ" –

Is repentance a mitzvah? –

What is the definition of loving Hashem? –

Context of Chapter 30 –

Referent of "הַמִּצְוָה" in Sefer Devarim –

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¹ Interestingly, very few, if any, classical Jewish commentators adopt this approach. The earliest person (we are aware of) who explicitly adopted this approach was August Dillmann, Die Bucher Numeri, Deuteronomium und Josua (Leipzig, 1886): 268,384 (regarding both Devarim 5:28 and 30:11).