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Ki Savo: Really Listening

The Torah tells us that Hashem has chosen us לשמור חוקיו ומצוותיו ומשפטיו ולשמוע בקולו – “to guard Hashem’s Chukim, Mitzvos, and Mishpatim; and to listen to His voice.”

Asks R’ Moshe Feinstein, the Passuk has already specified all categories on Mitzvos; what does the phrase ולשמוע בקולו, and to listen to His voice, add?

R’ Moshe explains that “listening to the voice of Hashem” means to do Mitzvos in a way that Hashem finds pleasing. Rather than performed only out of a sense of obligation, we should do Mitzvos with אהבה and שמחה. We should view each Mitzva as a precious opportunity to connect with Hashem, and rejoice in each Mitzva we get to do.

לע״נ דוד חיים בן שיראל דוב הכהן
לע״נ ר׳ חיים דוב בן ר׳ בןציון שלום