Shoftim 17:19 · unit 4

TT #112 · Parashas Shoftim · Second Aliyah · Passuk 17:19

The Complete Passuk

וְהָיְתָ֣ה עִמּ֔וֹ וְקָ֥רָא ב֖וֹ כׇּל־יְמֵ֣י חַיָּ֑יו לְמַ֣עַן יִלְמַ֗ד לְיִרְאָה֙ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֔יו לִ֠שְׁמֹר אֶֽת־כׇּל־דִּבְרֵ֞י הַתּוֹרָ֥ה הַזֹּ֛את וְאֶת־הַחֻקִּ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה לַעֲשֹׂתָֽם׃

And it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the Eternal his God, to keep all the words of this Torah and these statutes, to do them.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sanhedrin 22a.

TT lemma: לִשְׁמֹר אֶת כׇּל דִּבְרֵי הַתּוֹרָה.

Sefaria — Sanhedrin 22a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
לִשְׁמֹר אֶת כׇּל דִּבְרֵי הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת – שֶׁלֹּא תְּהֵא תּוֹרָה זוֹ עָלָיו כְּמַשָּׂא.

English: ‘To keep all the words of this Torah’ – so that this Torah not be upon him as a burden.

On the daf / in context: The goal is internalization, not mere external compliance.

Type of Learning

Derash on the goal of study (Bavli) — the king’s learning is meant to make the Torah part of him rather than a weight.

What Is Learned

The king’s lifelong reading is intended to make the Torah light and natural to him, not a heavy external obligation.