‘which

<<shall do

<<them

<<a person

<<and live

<<by them.’

<<So

<<one who sits

<<and does not

<<commit

<<a transgression —

<<they give

<<him

<<reward

<<as one who does

<<a mitzvah.

Rabbi Shimon son of Rabbi

<<says:

<<behold

<<it

<<says:

<<‘only

<<be strong

<<not

<<to eat

<<(the)

<<blood,

<<for

<<the blood

<<is

<<the soul’

<<and so on.

<<If

<<blood,

<<which the soul

<<of

<<a person

<<is revolted

<<by it —

<<one who abstains

<<from it

<<receives

<<reward;

<<robbery

<<and forbidden relations,

<<which the soul

<<of

<<a person

<<desires

<<them

<<and covets them —

<<one who abstains

<<from them,

<<how much more so

<<that he will merit

<<for himself

<<and for his generations

<<and for the generations of

<<his generations,

<<until

<<the end of

<<all

<<the generations.

Rabbi Chananya ben Akashya

<<says:

<<wished

<<the Holy One, Blessed be He,

<<to give merit

<<to Israel;

<<therefore

<<He increased

<<for them

<<Torah

<<and mitzvos,

<<as it is said:

<<‘Hashem

<<desired,

<<for the sake of

<<his righteousness,

<<to make great

<<Torah

<<and glorious.’

GEMARA:

<<Rabbi Yochanan said:

<<disagree

<<with him

<<his colleagues

<<with

<<Rabbi Chananya ben Gamliel.

<<Rav Ada bar Ahava said:

<<they say

<<in the school of Rav:

<<we learned:

<<there is no [difference]

<<between

<<Shabbos

<<and Yom Kippur

<<except

<<that this —

<<its intentional violation

<<is at the hands of man,

<<and this —

<<its intentional violation

<<is by kares.

<<And if

<<it were so,

<<this one

<<and that one

<<are at the hands of man

<<it is.

Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak

<<says:

<<this —

<<who is it?

<<Rabbi Yitzchak

<<it is,

<<who says:

<<lashes

<<for those liable to kares

<<there are not.

<<As it is taught:

<<Rabbi Yitzchak

<<says:

<<those liable to kares

<<in the general rule

<<were [included];

<<and why

<<was singled out

<<kares

<<with his sister?

<<To judge him

<<with kares

<<and not

<<with lashes.

Rav Ashi

<<said:

<<even

<<if you say

<<the Rabbis:

<<this —

<<the main

<<intentional violation

<<is at the hands of man,

<<and this —

<<the main

<<intentional violation

<<is at the hands of Heaven.

Rav Ada bar Ahava said in the name of Rav:

<<the halacha is

<<like Rabbi Chananya ben Gamliel.

<<Rav Yosef said:

<<who

<<went up

<<on high

<<and came

<<and said [so]?!

<<Said

<<to him

<<Abaye:

<<but then,

<<that

<<which said

<<Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi:

<<three

<<things

<<did

<<the court

<<below

<<and agreed

<<the court

<<on high

<<with them —

<<who

<<went up

<<on high

<<and came

<<and said [so]?

<<Rather,

<<verses

<<we expound;

<<here

<<too,

<<verses

<<we expound.

The matter itself:

<<Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said:

<<three

<<things

<<did

<<the court

<<below

<<and agreed

<<the court

<<on high

<<with them,

<<[these are]:

<<reading

<<the Megillah,

<<and greeting

<<one's fellow

<<[with the Name],

<<and bringing

<<tithes.

Reading

<<the Megillah,

<<as it is written:

<<‘they established

<<and accepted,

<<the Jews’ —

<<they established

<<above

<<what

<<they accepted

<<below.

And greeting

<<one's fellow,

<<as it is written:

<<‘and behold

<<Boaz

<<came

<<from Beis Lechem

<<and said

<<to the reapers:

<<Hashem

<<be with you,’

<<and it says:

<<‘Hashem

<<is with you,

<<mighty

<<man of valor.’

<<What is

<<‘and it says’?

<<And if

<<you say

<<Boaz

<<it was

<<who did it

<<on his own,

<<and from Heaven

<<they did not

<<agree

<<with

<<him —

<<come and hear:

<<and it says:

<<‘Hashem

<<is with you,

<<mighty

<<man of valor.’

Bringing

<<tithes,

<<as it is written:

<<‘bring

<<all

<<the tithe

<<to

<<the storehouse,

<<and let there be

<<food

<<in My house;

<<and test Me,

<<please,

<<with this,

<<says

<<Hashem

<<of Hosts,

<<if

<<I will not

<<open

<<for you

<<the windows of

<<heaven

<<and pour out

<<for you

<<blessing

<<until

<<without

<<‘enough.’

<<What is

<<‘until

<<without

<<enough’?

<<Rami bar Rav said:

<<until

<<will wear out

<<your lips

<<from saying

<<‘enough.’

Rabbi Elazar said:

<<in three

<<places

<<appeared

<<the Divine Spirit:

<<in the court

<<of

<<Shem,

<<and in the court

<<of

<<Shmuel of Ramah,

<<and in the court

<<of

<<Shlomo.

<<In the court

<<of

<<Shem,

<<as it is written:

<<‘and recognized

<<Yehuda

<<and said:

<<she is more righteous

<<than I.’

<<How

<<did he know?

<<Perhaps

<<just as

<<he went

<<himself

<<to her,

<<went

<<also

<<a man

<<another

<<[to her]!

<<There came forth

<<a heavenly voice

<<and said:

<<from Me

<<came forth

<<these hidden matters.

In the court

<<of

<<Shmuel,

<<as it is written:

<<‘here I am;

<<testify

<<against me

<<before

<<Hashem

<<and before

<<His anointed:

<<the ox of

<<whom

<<have I taken? …

<<And they said:

<<not

<<have you defrauded us

<<and not

<<oppressed us …

<<And he said:

<<witness is

<<Hashem

<<and witness is

<<His anointed …

<<that

<<not

<<have you found

<<in my hand

<<anything;

<<and he said:

<<witness.’

<<‘And he said’?

<<‘and they said’

<<it should have said!

<<There came forth

<<a heavenly voice

<<and said:

<<I am

<<witness

<<in matter

<<this.

In the court

<<of

<<Shlomo,

<<as it is written:

<<‘and answered

<<the king

<<and said:

<<give

<<her

<<the child

<<living,

<<and putting to death

<<do not

<<put him to death;

<<(for)

<<she is

<<his mother.’

<<How

<<did he know?

<<Perhaps

<<she was being cunning!

<<There came forth

<<a heavenly voice

<<and said:

<<‘she is

<<his mother.’

Rava said:

<<from where [is it proven]?

<<Perhaps

<<Yehuda,

<<since

<<he calculated

<<the months

<<and days

<<and it matched —

<<what we see,

<<we presume;

<<what we do not

<<see,

<<we do not

<<presume.

Shmuel

<<too:

<<all of

<<Israel

<<he calls

<<them

<<in the language of

<<the singular,

<<as it is written:

<<‘Israel

<<is saved

<<by Hashem.’

Shlomo

<<too:

<<from [the fact] that this one

<<(is compassionate) [shows compassion]

<<and that one

<<does not

<<(is compassionate) [show compassion]!

<<Rather,

<<it is a tradition.

Expounded

<<Rabbi Simlai:

<<six hundred and thirteen

<<mitzvos

<<were stated

<<to

<<Moshe:

<<three hundred and sixty-five

<<prohibitions,

<<like the number of

<<the days of

<<the solar year;

<<and two hundred and forty-eight

<<positive commandments,

<<corresponding to

<<the limbs

<<of

<<a person.

<<Rav Hamnuna said:

<<what is

<<the verse?

<<‘Torah

<<commanded

<<to us

<<Moshe,

<<an inheritance’ —

<<‘Torah’

<<in gematria