[Avodah] Mitzvos in Chutz laAretz

[Micha Berger]

There is a Rashi on "veHayah im Shamoa" that it often repeated in some
circles. Rashi on Devarim 11:18 "vesamtem es devarai" is actually a straight
quote of the Sifri. The Sifri states that after "veHayah im Shamoa" describes
our abandonment of HQBH and the resultring galus, Hashem commands us in
tefillin and mezuzos "kedei shelo yihyu lakhem chadashim kishetichzeru".

Interestingly, a similar idea is given in the Yerushalmi, Sheviis 1:1
(vilna: 15b), but with a very different take. According to the gemara,
the pasuq shows that mitzvos she'einum teluyos baaretz are equally
"nohagim bein baaeretz bein bechu"l".

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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