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* '''[[Mivtza Torah]]''' - Torah saves and protects<ref> Sotah 21a.</ref> (תורה מגנא ומצלא) | * '''[[Mivtza Torah]]''' - Torah saves and protects<ref> Sotah 21a.</ref> (תורה מגנא ומצלא) | ||
* '''[[Mivtza Tefillin]]''' - Tefillin cause the nations of the world to fear the Jewish people as it says: "and they will fear you"<ref> Brachos 6a.</ref> (ויראו ממך) | * '''[[Mivtza Tefillin]]''' - Tefillin cause the nations of the world to fear the Jewish people as it says: "and they will fear you"<ref> Brachos 6a.</ref> (ויראו ממך). | ||
* '''[[Mivtza Mezuzah]]''' - | * '''[[Mivtza Mezuzah]]''' - A mezuzah ensures that "Hashem will guard your going out and your coming in from now and for all time," ("השם ישמור צאתך ובואך מעתה ועד עולם") and it is the custom to inscribe the name 'ש-ד-י' on the Mezuzah which stands for "שומר דלתות ישראל". | ||
* '''[[Mivtza Tzedakah]]''' - | * '''[[Mivtza Tzedakah]]''' - Charity increases protection, as the promise of Hashem just as you give life to the poor so too Hashem will give life to you. <ref> Midrash Tanchuma, Mishpatim 15: 1. </ref> | ||
* '''[[Mivtza Bayis Molei Seforim]]''' - | * '''[[Mivtza Bayis Molei Seforim]]''' - | ||
* '''[[Mivtza Sefer Torah Haklali]]''' - | * '''[[Mivtza Sefer Torah Haklali]]''' - | ||