CHASSIDIC PEARLS BY RABBI LAZER BRODY PARSHAS MISHPATIM

We shall do and we shall listen (Shmot 24:7). The nations of the world have difficulty understanding how it's possible to "do", in other words, to implement a commandment, before they "listen" to the logic and the underlying rationale of the commandment. In such a frame of mind, they refuse to observe anything that goes against their thinking. In stark contrast, "We shall do and we shall listen" is the foundation of Judaism. Many people harbor the mistaken notion that one must be daft to "blindly observe" Hashem's commandments. But, for a faithful Jew, observance is never blind. A Jew with even a minimal measure of cognizance knows that The Almighty created the world; therefore, He alone knows what's best for the world in general and for each of His creations in particular.