Say little, Do much

Hi,

"Gd, too, said little and performed much, as in, 'And Gd said to Avram: Know that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, who will work them and oppress them for four hundred years. I will judge (דן) that nation, too, and then they will leave with great wealth.'

"Gd only said this with the [two] letters דן, but when He punished the Jews' enemies He did it with 72 letters, as in, 'Has Gd ever taken a nation from within a nation with signs - symbols, wonders and great, awesome deeds!'"

(Avot d'Rabbi Natan 1:13)

המצפה לישועה,
Mordechai

Deeds are Primary

Hi,

"Why did the Sages say that one should first don tefillin, and then recite Shema and the amidah? So that he would accept the monarchy of Heaven first, completely."

[Commentators explain: One who practices mitzvot is more complete in his acceptance of Divine monarchy.]

(Talmud Yerushalmi, Berachot 2:3)

Have a great day,
Mordechai