EXTRA 1 — Ki Savo 26:16 · Sifrei

הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֗ה יְהֹוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ מְצַוְּךָ֧ לַעֲשׂ֛וֹת…

Sifrei on “this day”

Core Text

הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה — שֶׁיִּהְיוּ בְעֵינֶיךָ כַּחֲדָשִׁים, כְּאִלּוּ קִבַּלְתָּם הַיּוֹם מֵהַר סִינַי.

English: “This day” — that they should be in your eyes as new, as if you received them today from Mount Sinai.

In Sifrei: The repeated “this day” throughout Devarim is read as a demand for perpetual freshness in the acceptance of the commandments.

Custom (aggadic expansion of “hayom”).

The commandments are to be treated as newly given each day, not as old routine.