August 1987<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd it came to pass because you hear.\u201d RASHI interpreted, \u201cIf you obey the minor Mitzvot<\/em> [commandments], which a person tramples with his heels, you will hear.\u201d The interpreters asked why it is written only \u201cordinances\u201d and not \u201claws,\u201d as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They explain that \u201cbecause\u201d contains the laws, and the intimation is in the word \u201cbecause\u201d (this is how [the book] Kli Yakar<\/em> explains it), since Satan and the nations of the world count on them in the sense that their taste is unknown, and therefore people treat them lightly and trample them with their heels. This is why he mentions them with the word Ekev<\/em> [because, or Akev<\/em> (heel)], and not with the word \u201claws.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He is referring to the matter of faith, where the nations of the world claim that everything should be with awareness, meaning that when one should observe Torah and Mitzvot<\/em> [commandments] not in order to receive reward, the body does not understand this and asks, \u201cWhat are these Mitzvot<\/em> and what is the reason for doing them if the body receives no reward for it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hence, the whole world scorns this, which is why the commandment concerning it uses the word Ekev<\/em> [because, similar to Akev<\/em> (heel)]. When a person wants to achieve the goal, he should not mind that the whole world chases after the satisfaction of the desires of the body. Rather, he should try to do the Creator\u2019s will, meaning that his only wish will be to bring contentment to the Creator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If a person says that it is hard to walk on this path, the Torah promises us, \u201cThe Lord your God keeps,\u201d etc., meaning that the Creator will guard a person who wants to achieve the truth, so he can achieve this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is the meaning of \u201cThe Lord is near to all who call upon Him in truth.\u201d In other words, one who prays to the Creator, who wants to walk on the path of truth, is close to the Creator, meaning that the Creator comes near him. 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