In Leviticus Rabbah 24.5, Rabbi Levi taught that all the Torah is summarized in one chapter, Leviticus 19, and he shows how all of Exodus 20—the Ten Commandments—is included in this chapter. In subsequent discussion Rabbi Levi and Rabbi Tanhuma saw that in three chapters Moses gave all of the Torah [Exodus 12; 21; Leviticus 19] because each one contains sixty specifications of religious duties (or some say 70 in each chapter). Then Rabbi Simlai says that David comprehended all the commands in eleven commands (in Psalm 15), Isaiah in six (in Isa 33.15), and Micah in only three (Mic 6.8, also noted by Jesus in Matt 23.23). Then Isaiah 56.1 is said to have comprehended all the commandments in just two: “Observe justice and do righteousness”; and finally, Amos 5.4 and Habakkuk 2.4 in just one statement. (Habakkuk 2.4 is, of course, also important for Paul in Romans 1.17 and Galatians 3.11.)
Posted on: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 18:15:28 +0000
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