Beautifying Observance of the Commandments

Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael, Shirata 3

3rd Century

[This is my God] and I will glorify Him (Exodus 15:2). R. Ishmael says: And is it possible for a man of flesh and blood to add glory to his Creator? It simply means: I shall be beautiful before Him in observing the commandments. I shall prepare before Him a beautiful Lulab, a beautiful Sukkah, beautiful fringes, and beautiful phylacteries.

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