Parashas Eikev · Passuk 11:18
Therefore impress these My words upon your very heart:gvery heart Lit. “heart and self.” bind them as a sign on your hand and let them serve as a symbol on your forehead,hsymbol on your forehead See notes on 6.8.
Torah Temimah unit 2 of 3 on this passuk.
TT lemma: ושמתם וגו' (unit 2 of 3).
English: The Holy One said to Israel: Even though I exile you from the Land abroad, still be distinguished in mitzvot, so that when you return they will not be new to you. [Sifrei]
Derash on the verse (Bavli sugya) — not a formal named middah of the 13
The Gemara uses this passuk in a sugya (proof, illustration, or dispute). Named as one of R' Yishmael’s 13 or R' Eliezer’s 32 only when that move is explicit.
Exile does not suspend identity-marking mitzvot; practice abroad keeps the return from feeling like a first encounter.