Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Musar for Makkot 46:3

ר' חנניא בן עקשיא אומר רצה הקב"ה לזכות את ישראל לפיכך הרבה להם תורה ומצות שנאמר (ישעיהו מב, כא) ה' חפץ למען צדקו יגדיל תורה ויאדיר:

Rebbi Chanania ben Akashia says, Hashem wanted to give merit to Isreal. Therefore he gave them many mitzvas as the Torah says (Isaiah 42,21) "Hashem was pleased, for His righteousness’sake, To make the teaching great and glorious."

Shenei Luchot HaBerit

G–d saw fit to reveal the remainder of the 613 commandments to man in His own good time, i.e. to the generation of Israelites who were released from bondage in Egypt. Since that time every Jew is expected to perform as many of these 613 commandments as his particular station in life enables him to perform. The key to his achieving perfection by such מצוה performance lies in the manner in which these מצות are fulfilled. If they are all fulfilled joyfully, then the "preparedness" of which we spoke earlier is enough to credit such individuals with also having fulfilled those commandments which they were unable to fulfil through no fault of their own.
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