{"id":49903,"date":"2019-02-20T13:52:25","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T11:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=49903"},"modified":"2022-09-13T17:41:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T14:41:55","slug":"shamor-maintain-then-now-and-in-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/shamor-maintain-then-now-and-in-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Shamor (\u201cMaintain\u201d) \u2013 Then, Now and in the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[395,414,531],"acf":{"old_id":"49903","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":33877,"related_cahpter":"160","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Maintain, observe, preserve, guard - and be rewarded","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In our chapter, Moses instructs the Israelites about what they must do when they finally enter the Promised Land (verses 1-11). At the end of this set of specific instructions, the reward for fulfilling them is stated: \u201cAnd if you obey these rules and observe (<em>u-shmartem<\/em>) them carefully, the Lord, your God, will maintain (<em>ve-shamar<\/em>) for you the covenant and the faithfulness (<em>chesed<\/em>) that He made on oath with your forefathers\u201d (verse 12). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hebrew three-letter verbal root Sh-M-R occurs hundreds of times in the biblical text, requiring different translations into English depending on the specific context of each occurrence. Our verse reflects how this single Hebrew verb can have the meaning of \u201cobservance\u201d by the people of Israel and can also refer to their reward: God\u2019s \u201cmaintaining\u201d the ancestral covenant. The Midrash (Deuteronomy Rabbah 3:4) ponders this dual use of a Hebrew verb by asking: What is implied by saying that God \u201cwill maintain (<em>ve-shamar<\/em>)\u201d for the People of Israel the covenant made with their forefathers? All that Israel enjoys in this world is a result of the blessings with which the wicked Balaam blessed them (see Numbers, Chapters 23-24). But the blessings with which the Patriarchs blessed the People of Israel (see for example, Genesis 12:1-3) are reserved for them in the world to come, as it is said \u201cthe Lord will maintain\u201d the covenant. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, to what might the relationship between Israel and God (in Deuteronomy 7:12) be compared? To the relationship between an orphan who was brought up in the house of a certain man who fed and clothed him and taught him a trade so that he would be able to support himself when he reaches adulthood. The orphan expected that the cost of his upbringing would need to be repaid to the man who maintained him as a child. But the man explained: The total cost of your food and clothing have already been well repaid by the service you rendered me in filling the cask of water and chopping the wood when you served as my apprentice. You deserve the full reward for your labors now. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similarly, whatever pleasures the people of Israel enjoy is a reward for their efforts in this world. 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