Commentary for Shevuot 57:5

שבועה שאוכל ככר זו שבועה שלא אוכלנה הראשונה שבועת ביטוי והשניה שבועת שוא

Come and hear! And so we find that when Moses adjured the Israelites, he said to them: Know that I do not adjure you according to your own minds, but according to the mind of the Omnipresent and according to my mind. Now, why [should he say this]? Let him say to them: Fulfil what God has decreed. Is it not then because they might bring to their minds an idol? - No! But because an idol is also called god, for it is written: gods of silver, or gods of gold, [ye shall not make unto you]. - Well, let him say to them: Fulfil the Torah. - [That might have implied] one Torah. Let him [then] say: Fulfil the two Toroth. - [That might have implied] the Torah of sin offering and the Torah of trespass offering. [Let him say:] Fulfil the whole Torah. - [That might have implied merely the avoidance of] idolatry, for it has been said: Important is idolatry in that he who denies it is as if he accepts the whole Torah. Well, let him say to them: Fulfil the precept. - [That would have implied] one precept. [Let him say:] Fulfil the precepts. - [That might have implied merely] two. [Let him say: Fulfil] all the precepts. - [That might have implied] the precept of zizith, for a Master said: The precept of zizith is equal to all the precepts together. Then, let him say to them: Fulfil the six hundred and thirteen precepts. - But, even according to your reasoning, let him say. 'According to my mind;' why is it necessary to add, 'according to the mind of the Omnipresent'? <br>

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