Arousing man to G-d's service and its various branches are necessary on the following grounds. The understanding and the faculty of perception both instruct on human beings the duty of serving G-d. But between the time when the benefits that man receives and the time when he has sufficient intelligence to realize the services he should render in return for them, a long period intervenes. Hence, it is a duty to arouse human beings to their obligations of deeds and inward faith which make the service of G-d complete, so that a human being should not be without religion up to the time when his mental powers have become fully developed.
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וְהַהֶעָרָה עַל שְׁנֵי עִנְיָנִים.
(now he will explain the 2 divisions of this arousing:) This calling attention is twofold.
(2) The other is acquired through instruction, namely, the torah, which the prophet conveys to human beings, so as to teach them the mode of service which it is their duty to render to the Creator, blessed be He.
אָמַר הַמְחַבֵּר אַךְ הַצֹּרֶךְ אֶל הַהֶעָרָה עַל עֲבוֹדַת ה׳ וַחֲלָקֶיהָ הוּא מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהָאָדָם חַיָּב בַּעֲבוֹדַת ה׳ יִתְבָּרַךְ מִדֶּרֶךְ הַשֵּׂכֶל וְהַהַכָּרָה וְיֵשׁ בֵּין עֵת הֵרָאוֹת הַטּוֹבוֹת עַל הָאָדָם וּבֵין עֵת שֶׁיַּשְׂכִּיל וְיַכִּיר מָה שֶׁהוּא חַיָּב עֲלֵיהֶם מִן הָעֲבוֹדָה זְמַן אָרֹךְ. הָיְתָה הֶעָרַת הָאָדָם עַל מָה שֶׁחַיָּב בּוֹ מִן הַמַּעֲשִׂים וֶאֱמוּנַת הַלְּבָבוֹת אֲשֶׁר בָּהֶם תֻּשְׁלַם לוֹ הָעֲבוֹדָה לָאֵל ית׳ חוֹבָה כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יִשָּׁאֵר בְּלִי דָּת עַד שֶׁיֻּגְמַר שִׂכְלוֹ.
Arousing man to G-d's service and its various branches are necessary on the following grounds. The understanding and the faculty of perception both instruct on human beings the duty of serving G-d. But between the time when the benefits that man receives and the time when he has sufficient intelligence to realize the services he should render in return for them, a long period intervenes. Hence, it is a duty to arouse human beings to their obligations of deeds and inward faith which make the service of G-d complete, so that a human being should not be without religion up to the time when his mental powers have become fully developed.
וְהַהֶעָרָה עַל שְׁנֵי עִנְיָנִים.
(now he will explain the 2 divisions of this arousing:)
This calling attention is twofold.
אֶחָד מֵהֶם תָּקוּעַ בְּשֵׂכֶל נָטוּעַ בְּהַכָּרַת הָאָדָם נוֹצָר עָלָיו בְּשֹׁרֶשׁ בְּרִיאָתוֹ וְתוֹלַדְתּוֹ.
(1) One of them is inherent in the understanding, implanted in the human faculty of cognition, innate from the beginning of his existence.
וְהַשֵּׁנִי קָנוּי בְּדֶרֶךְ הַשֵּׁמַע וְהִיא הַתּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר יַגִּיעֶנָּה הַנָּבִיא אֶל בְּנֵי אָדָם לְהוֹרוֹתָם דֶּרֶךְ הָעֲבוֹדָה אֲשֶׁר הֵם חַיָּבִין בָּהּ לַבּוֹרֵא יִתְבָּרַךְ:
(2) The other is acquired through instruction, namely, the torah, which the prophet conveys to human beings, so as to teach them the mode of service which it is their duty to render to the Creator, blessed be He.