Shoftim 19:09 · EXTRA 2

EXTRA · Side-ring · Parashas Shoftim · Passuk 19:09

The Complete Passuk

כִּֽי־תִשְׁמֹר֩ אֶת־כׇּל־הַמִּצְוָ֨ה הַזֹּ֜את לַעֲשֹׂתָ֗הּ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֣י מְצַוְּךָ֮ הַיּוֹם֒ לְאַהֲבָ֞ה אֶת־יְהֹוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ וְלָלֶ֣כֶת בִּדְרָכָ֔יו כׇּל־הַיָּמִ֑ים וְיָסַפְתָּ֨ לְךָ֥ עוֹד֙ שָׁלֹ֣שׁ עָרִ֔ים עַ֖ל הַשָּׁלֹ֥שׁ הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

When you keep all this commandment to do it, which I command you today, to love the Eternal your God and to walk in His ways all the days, then you shall add for yourself another three cities to these three.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Chazal / classical source (beyond TT-numbered main-ring units): Makkot 9b–10a.

Lemma: כִּי תִשְׁמֹר אֶת כׇּל הַמִּצְוָה.

Sefaria — Makkot 9b–10a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כִּי תִשְׁמֹר אֶת כׇּל הַמִּצְוָה הַזֹּאת – תְּנַאי הוּא הַדָּבָר.

English: ‘When you keep all this commandment’ – the matter is conditional.

On the daf / in context: The addition of the cities is linked to the people’s fidelity.

Type of Learning

Derash on the condition (Bavli) — the expansion of the refuge system depends on observance.

What Is Learned

The obligation to add three further cities of refuge is bound to the keeping of the mitzvah and the walking in Hashem’s ways.