Reply To: Chidushim on Daf Yomi

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בכל מאודך all your money. So, why does it not say בכל ממונך? I think that the word מאוד meaning more is emphasized. Serve Hashem with what is more precious to you. The Baal Haturim on the pasuk explains that this refers to the Avos, our forefathers. ואהבת has the same letters as האבות.
בכל לבבך refers to Avraham Avinu who served Hashem with his whole heart ומצאת את לבבו נאמן לפנך you found him trustworthy in his heart. בכל נפשך refers to Yitzchok Avinu who sacrificed himself and בכל מאודך refers to Yaakov Avinu who said כל אשר תתן לי עשר אעשרנו לך whatever you give me I will take maaser for you.
I heard once that when we take a fish out of water, it jumps around. It looks like it is enjoying itself but the truth is it is suffering and dying being out of place. Similarly when we give up the Torah we might look like we are enjoying ourselves but we are truly dying being out of place without water.

It says ‘כל אשר יעבר תחת השבט העשירי יהיה קודש לה interprets the Arizal that each one of the ten martyrs was in the place of a shevet when Josef was sold and tenth Rebbi Akiva, a descendant of converts, was in place of Hashem who was included in the sale.
It is said in the Tzetil Katan that a person can be mekayem the mitzva of sacrificing himself thinking of a fire burning and being forced to convert oneself from Judaism. He throws himself into the fire rather than convert.