Devarim 6

1Now these are the mitzvot, the chukkim, and the mishpatim, which Hashem Eloheichem commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in ha'aretz whither ye go to possess it:

2That thou mightest fear Hashem Eloheicha, to be shomer over all His chukkim and His mitzvot, which I command thee, thou, and thy ben, and thy ben's ben, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

3Shema therefore, Yisroel, and be shomer to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as Hashem Elohei Avoteicha hath promised thee, in Eretz Zavat Cholov uDevash.

4Shema Yisroel Adonoi Eloheinu Adonoi Echad.

5And thou shalt love Hashem Eloheicha b'chol l'vavcha u'vchol nafshcha uvechol modecha.

6And these devarim, which I command thee today, shall be in thine lev;

7And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy banim, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine bais, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

8And thou shalt bind them for an ot upon thine hand, and they shall be as totafos (ornaments [Shemot 13:16, Shabbos 57a]) between thine eyes.

9And thou shalt write them upon the mezuzot of thy bais, and on thy she'arim.

10And it shall be, when Hashem Eloheicha shall have brought thee into ha'aretz He swore unto Avoteicha, to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Ya'akov, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,

11And batim full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, kramim (vineyards) and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;

12Then beware lest thou forget Hashem, which brought thee forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim, from the bais avadim.

13Thou shalt fear Hashem Eloheicha, and serve Him, and shalt swear by Shmo.

14Ye shall not go after elohim acherim, of elohei ha'amim (the g-ds of the peoples) which are round about you;

15(For Hashem Eloheicha is an El Kannah among you) lest the anger of Hashem Eloheicha be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of ha'adamah.

16Ye shall not test Hashem Eloheichem, as ye tested Him in Massah.

17Ye diligently shall be shomer mitzvot over the mitzvot Hashem Eloheichem and His edut, and His chukkim, which He hath commanded thee.

18And thou shalt do that which is yashar (right, straight) and hatov in the eyes of Hashem; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess ha'aretz hatovah which Hashem swore unto Avotecha.

19To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as Hashem hath spoken.

20And when thy ben asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the edut, and the chukkim, and the mishpatim which Hashem Eloheinu hath commanded you?

21Then thou shalt say unto thy ben, We were Pharaoh's avadim in Mitzrayim; and Hashem brought us out of Mitzrayim with a yad chazakah;

22And Hashem showed otot and mofetim, great and terrible, upon Mitzrayim, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:

23And He brought us out from thence, that He might bring us in, to give us ha'aretz which He promised on oath unto Avoteinu.

24And Hashem commanded us to do all these chukkim, to fear Hashem Eloheinu, for our good always, that He might preserve us alive, as it is at yom hazeh.

25And tzedakah it shall be for us, if we are shomer to do all these mitzvot before Hashem Eloheinu, as He hath commanded us.