Parashas Bechukosai · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 3 · Unit 4
Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi
Torah Temimah cites Toras Kohanim (Sifra, Bechukosai): “If you walk in My statutes” means you shall toil in Torah.
Sefaria — Sifra Bechukotai
Sifra Bechukotai 1:1
English: It was taught: “If you walk in My statutes” — one might think this refers to the mitzvos themselves. Scripture therefore says “and keep My commandments and do them” — the mitzvos are already stated. How then do I fulfill “If you walk in My statutes”? That you shall toil in Torah.
Exclusion / residual derasha (mi’ut after a parallel clause) — the statutes clause is not mere observance but laborious Torah study.
“Walking in statutes” is not simply keeping mitzvos (already covered by the next clause). It demands ameilus — sustained, effortful engagement with Torah, the toil that unlocks the statutes’ meaning.