ספר דברים

Deuteronomy 8,1. “The entire commandment that I ‎enjoin upon you this day is so that you will live (thrive) and ‎multiply and be able to take possession of the land, etc.‎‏"‏‎; ‎‎We have a rule that even if a person is unable to observe all ‎of the commandments of the Torah, especially in exile, when we ‎are all unable to fulfill the commandments which are applicable ‎to people resident in the Holy Land, as long as such people yearn ‎for the day when they will be able to observe these ‎commandments, G’d will help them to be able to fulfill these ‎commandments in the Holy Land in due course.‎This is the message Moses conveys to the people at this ‎juncture when speaking of ‎כל המצוה‎, “the entire complex of ‎commandments.” If you will yearn, starting now, to perform ‎these commandments as soon as the opportunity will present ‎itself, you will surely enjoy the merit of doing so in person.‎The word ‎תשמרון‎ in this verse is to be understood in the same ‎way as when Yaakov is reported when reacting to Joseph’s dream ‎in which 11 stars and sun and moon bow down to him. At that ‎point (Genesis 37,11) the Torah writes: ‎ואביו שמר את הדבר‎, “his ‎father looked forward expectantly to the matter.” ‎‎[Contrary to Joseph’s brothers, who were outraged by ‎Joseph’s dream of lording it over them, his father did not dismiss ‎it out of hand, although he pointed out that Joseph’s deceased ‎mother could certainly not bow down to him. Ed.]‎