[Avodah] wholeheartedness and recognition

[Joel Rich]

א"ר יצחק בר מריון בא הכתוב ללמדך שאם אדם עושה מצוה יעשנה בלבב שלם שאלו היה
ראובן יודע שהקב"ה מכתיב עליו (בראשית ל"ז) וישמע ראובן ויצילהו מידם, בכתפו
היה מוליכו אצל אביו……….



 My free translation

"Rabbi Yitzchak bar Marion said: The pasuk comes to teach that if a person
performs a mitzvah, he should do it with a whole heart. If Reuven had known
that HKBH would write about him Reuven heard and saved him from their
hands, he would have carried him on his shoulders to his father."


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I’m trying to understand in what way would the knowledge that one’s actions
are being recorded impact on the whole heartedness of their act (or VV)?
What does whole heartedness mean in this context? What is its relationship
to recognition?


Does this mean that these greats would have acted better had they known
their acts were being recorded?  What other explanations have you seen?



KVCT & Bsorot tovot

Joel Rich
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