[Avodah] What are the main mitzvos to focus on?

Marty Bluke marty.bluke at gmail.com
Thu Nov 30 02:11:31 PST 2017


The last daf in Makos (24a) states that the Neviim took the 613 mitzvos and
reduced them to a smaller set for people to focus on.

Michah gave three Mitzvos for people to focus on - "Asos Mishpat..."

"Asos Mishpat" is monetary laws;
"Ahavas Chesed" is bestowing Chesed;
"V'Hatzne'a Leches Im Elokecha" is escorting the dead and bringing a Kalah
to Chupah;

Yeshayah later gave two primary Mitzvos - "Shimru Mishpat va'Asu Tzedakah."

The mitzva of learning Torah which we understand to be the most important
and fundamental mitzva does not appear in these lists. How do we explain
the omission of learning Torah in these lists? Additionally, these lists
seem to consist solely of mitzvos bein adam lachaveiro, are there no
mitzvos ben adam lamakom that are important enought to appear on these
lists?
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