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dvarim The gentiles would have originally accepted the Torah. By asking what it

states, they were asking which quality would be required of them in order
to uphold it. Hashem’s reply that keeping the Torah requires mesirut
nefesh was too much for them; they lack this essential middah.
One should not believe that the nations have Torah. They simply do not
possess the requisite tool necessary for accepting the Torah. In contrast,
Bnei Yisrael said, “We will do and we will hear,” attesting to the fact that
they were prepared to accept it, with all the mesirut nefesh involved.
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“This shall be the reward when you hearken to “Bind them as a sign upon your arm and let

these ordinances, and you observe and perform them be ornaments between your eyes”
them; Hashem, your G-d, will safeguard for you (Devarim 6:8)
the covenant and the kindness that He swore to
your forefathers”
(Devarim 7:12)

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