The purpose of the
commandments is to correct the character traits of
a person so that he can become closer G-d.
Rabbi Abba Shaul
in the Talmud explained a verse (Exodus 14, 2) as
stating that we are to emulate those traits that G-d
has revealed to us as being the principles that he
uses in running the world.
Rabbi Nissim Gaon
in the preface to his commentary on the Talmud and
Rabbi Moshe Feinstein in his responsa (Igrot Moshe,
Yorah Deah vol. 2, chap. 130) wrote that all people
are obligated to do all those things which are in
the categories of ethics and proper character traits
even though these actions are not specifically mentioned
as being commanded.
Though the commandments
have been divided into the two categories of between
man and G-d and between man and his fellow, this distinction
is an artificial one.This is
because all commandments between a person and his
fellow are also commandments between a person and
G-d inasmuch as He has also commanded them.
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