Parshas Vaeschanan
In the Ten Commandments in this weeks parsha, it says zachor es yom hashabbos
likodsho kaasher tzivcha, remember the Shabbos as I commanded you. Rashi explains
that the words kaasher tzivcha refers to the command of Shabbos they received
in Mara. A question arises, why in the luchos rishonim does it not say kaasher
tzivcha, that it had been commanded in Mara?
Here the posuk says 'shamor'watch which is referring to the negative commandments of
shabbos,be careful to watch the shabbos not to desecrate it. Previously it says 'zachor'
rememeber, chazal say remember it with kiddush this is refering to the positive side iof
shabbos, rememeber to keep to keep shabbos posituively. The shabbos of Mara
which was before the giving of the torah was a concept of do not desecrate the
shabbos therefor in the posuk of watching it reminds us about Mara. The possitive side4 of
shabboss was only after Bnei Yisrael recevied the torah and not by Mara so the posuk
doesn't say it.