1)

What do we learn from "Ki Na'im Ki Sishmerem b'Vitnecha [Yikonu Yachdav Al Sefasecha]"?

1.

Eruvin 54a: Divrei Torah are pleasant when one guards them in his stomach (remembers them), i.e. when "Yikonu Yachdav Al Sefasecha" (Rashi here - he says the words audibly).

2.

Sanhedrin 99b 1 : All bodies were created to toil. Happy are those who toil in Torah.

3.

Rashi: It will be pleasant for you afterwards if you guard them and hide them in your stomach, lest you forget them.

4.

R. Yonah: Guard them, lest they veer from your heart, and so you will fulfill them in practice.

5.

Malbim: After you accepted Divrei Chachamim, Daiti is good for you, i.e. what I gave Meshalim and taught to you Chachmah according to Da'as; via this, you can say them with your lips. The lips denote Da'as - something known clearly, that one can speak and tell its Emes with his lips. This is a great level! If you guard them in your stomach, they are Na'im v'Nadim (transient); you do not know them with Da'as, just guard them like you received them. They are not fixed in you like nails that do not budge.


1

This is based on Dikdukei Sofeim and Margoliyos ha'Yam, who re-arrange the text. (PF)

2)

Why does it say "Yikonu Yachdav Al Sefasecha"?

1.

R. Yonah: Prepare them on your lips, lest you forget them in practice. The expression of Chachmah is always on the lips. When the words are fluent on the tongue - this causes remembrance.

2.

Malbim: When they are prepared together on your lips - they left your stomach to your lips, to express them with lips of Da'as, then they are founded. They do not wander; they find a base and will not depart from their place.

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