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Daily Mitzvah (Rambam)

Day 29: Positive Commandment 17

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Positive Commandment 17 (Digest)
The King's Torah Scroll

"And it shall be, when [the king] sits upon the throne of his kingdom, and he shall write for himself a copy of this Torah"Deuteronomy 17:18.

A Jewish king is required to write (or acquire) for himself a Torah Scroll—from which he does not part all the days of his reign.

This scroll is in addition to the scroll he already wrote (or acquired) for himself before he ascended the throne (pursuant to Positive Commandment 18).

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You have a cup full of oil in your hand; if a drop of water falls into it, a corresponding drop of oil spills out. In the same way, if a word of Torah enters your heart, and word of mockery correspondingly exits from it; if a word of mockery enters your heart, a word of Torah exits from it
  –Midrash Rabbah, Song of Songs 1
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