in language

<<harsh,

<<as it is written:

<<‘and spoke

<<Hashem

<<to

<<Yehoshua,

<<saying:

<<speak

<<to

<<the children of Israel,

<<saying:

<<designate

<<for yourselves

<<the cities of

<<refuge

<<of which

<<I spoke

<<to you’

<<and so on?

<<Because

<<they are

<<of

<<the Torah.

Is that to say

<<that every

<<‘speaking’

<<is language

<<harsh?

<<Yes,

<<as it is written:

<<‘spoke

<<the man,

<<the lord of

<<the land,

<<with us

<<harshly.’

<<But it is taught:

<<‘nidberu’ —

<<there is no

<<‘nidberu’

<<except

<<language of

<<gentleness;

<<and so

<<it

<<says:

<<‘He subdues

<<peoples

<<under us’!

<<‘Dibber’

<<is separate,

<<‘yadber’

<<is separate.

(Mnemonic:

<<Rabbanan,

<<trustworthy,

<<and scribes.)

Disagree

<<about it

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<and the Rabbis:

<<one

<<says:

<<because

<<they are six(?);

<<and one

<<says:

<<because

<<they are

<<of

<<the Torah.

‘And wrote

<<Yehoshua

<<the words

<<these

<<in the book of

<<the Torah of

<<God’ —

<<disagree

<<about it

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<and Rabbi Nechemya:

<<one

<<says:

<<the eight

<<verses;

<<and one

<<says:

<<the cities of refuge.

Granted

<<according to the one who says

<<eight

<<verses —

<<that is

<<why it is written

<<‘in the book of

<<the Torah of

<<God.’

<<But

<<according to the one who says

<<the cities of refuge,

<<what is

<<‘in the book of

<<the Torah of

<<God’?

<<This is

<<what it means:

<<‘and wrote

<<Yehoshua

<<in his book

<<the words

<<these

<<which are written

<<in the book of

<<the Torah of

<<God.’

A [Torah] scroll

<<that one sewed

<<with flax —

<<disagree

<<about it

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<and Rabbi Meir:

<<one

<<says:

<<valid;

<<and one

<<says:

<<invalid.

According to the one who says

<<invalid —

<<as it is written:

<<‘so that

<<shall be

<<the Torah of

<<Hashem

<<in your mouth,’

<<and is juxtaposed

<<the entire

<<Torah,

<<all of it,

<<to tefillin:

<<just as

<<tefillin —

<<a halacha given to Moshe at Sinai

<<to sew them

<<with sinews,

<<so too

<<everything —

<<to sew them

<<with sinews.

<<And the other:

<<when

<<it was juxtaposed,

<<[it was] to what is permitted

<<in your mouth;

<<to its laws

<<it was not

<<juxtaposed.

Rav said:

<<I saw

<<them,

<<the tefillin

<<of my uncle's household,

<<that were sewn

<<with flax;

<<but it is not

<<the halacha

<<like him.

MISHNAH:

<<Both

<<[the High Priest] anointed

<<with the anointing oil,

<<and

<<the one consecrated

<<through extra garments,

<<and

<<one who has passed

<<from his anointed office —

<<return

<<the killer.

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<says:

<<even

<<the priest anointed for war

<<returns

<<the killer.

Therefore

<<the mothers

<<of

<<[High] Priests

<<provide

<<for them

<<food

<<and clothing,

<<so that

<<they will not

<<pray

<<for

<<their sons

<<that they die.

GEMARA:

<<From where are these things [derived]?

<<Rav Kahana said:

<<for said

<<the verse:

<<‘and he shall dwell

<<in it

<<until

<<the death of

<<the High Priest,’

<<and it is written:

<<‘for

<<in the city of

<<his refuge

<<he shall dwell

<<until

<<the death of

<<the High Priest,’

<<and it is written:

<<‘and after

<<the death of

<<the High Priest.’

And Rabbi Yehuda?

<<is written

<<a verse

<<another:

<<‘to return

<<to dwell

<<in the land

<<until

<<the death of

<<the priest.’

<<(And so on.)

<<And the other?

<<Since it is not

<<written

<<‘the High’,

<<one

<<of those

<<it is.

‘Therefore

<<the mothers

<<of

<<priests’

<<etc.

<<The reason is

<<that they do not

<<pray;

<<but if

<<they pray,

<<they die?

<<But it is written:

<<‘as the sparrow

<<in wandering,

<<as the swallow

<<in flying,

<<so

<<a curse

<<without cause

<<does not

<<come’!

<<Said

<<to him

<<a certain

<<old man:

<<in the lecture

<<of Rava

<<I heard

<<it:

<<that they ought

<<to ask for

<<mercy

<<for

<<their generation,

<<and they did not

<<ask.

And there are

<<who teach:

<<so that

<<they will pray

<<for

<<their sons

<<that they not

<<die.

<<The reason is

<<that they pray;

<<but if

<<they do not

<<pray,

<<they die?

<<What

<<was there

<<for him

<<to do?

<<Here

<<we say:

<<Toviya

<<sinned

<<and Zigud

<<is flogged.

There

<<they say:

<<Shechem

<<marries

<<and Mivgai

<<is circumcised.

Said

<<to him

<<a certain

<<old man:

<<in the lecture

<<of Rava

<<I heard

<<it:

<<that they ought

<<to ask for

<<mercy

<<for

<<their generation,

<<and they did not

<<ask.

<<Like

<<that [story]

<<of a certain

<<man

<<who was eaten by

<<a lion

<<at a distance of

<<three

<<parasangs

<<from

<<Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi,

<<and did not

<<speak

<<Eliyahu

<<with him

<<three

<<days.

Rav Yehuda said in the name of Rav:

<<the curse of

<<a sage,

<<even

<<without cause,

<<it

<<comes.

<<From where do we know it?

<<From Achitofel,

<<for at the time

<<that dug

<<David

<<the foundations [of the altar],

<<rose up

<<the deep

<<[and] sought

<<to flood

<<the world.

<<He said:

<<what is [the law]

<<to write

<<the Name

<<on a shard

<<and throw it

<<into the deep

<<so that it will stay

<<in its place?

<<There was no one

<<who said

<<to him

<<anything.

<<He said:

<<anyone

<<who knows

<<thing

<<this

<<and does not

<<say it

<<shall be strangled

<<by his throat.

Reasoned

<<Achitofel

<<an a fortiori

<<to himself;

<<he said:

<<if

<<to make

<<peace

<<between

<<a man

<<and his wife,

<<said

<<the Torah:

<<My Name,

<<which was written

<<in holiness,

<<shall be erased

<<on

<<the water —

<<for

<<the world,

<<all of it,

<<how much more so!

<<He said

<<to him:

<<it is permitted.

<<He wrote

<<the Name

<<on a shard,

<<threw it

<<into the deep,

<<it went down

<<and stayed

<<in its place.

And even so

<<it is written:

<<‘and Achitofel

<<saw

<<that

<<not

<<was followed

<<his counsel,

<<and he saddled

<<the donkey,

<<and arose

<<and went

<<to

<<his house,

<<(and) to

<<his city,

<<and gave orders

<<to

<<his household,

<<and strangled himself’

<<and so on.

Rabbi Abbahu said:

<<the curse of

<<a sage,

<<even

<<on

<<a condition,

<<it

<<comes.

<<From where do we know it?

<<From Eli,

<<who said

<<to him —

<<[Eli] —

<<to Shmuel:

<<‘so

<<may do

<<to you

<<God,

<<and so

<<may He add,

<<if

<<you hide

<<from me

<<anything.’

<<And even though

<<it is written:

<<‘and told

<<him

<<Shmuel

<<all

<<the words,

<<and did not

<<hide

<<from him,’

<<[even so]

<<it is written:

<<‘and did not

<<walk

<<his sons

<<in his ways’

<<and so on.