six hundred and eleven

<<is;

<<‘I am’

<<and ‘you shall not

<<have

<<for yourself’

<<from the mouth of

<<the Almighty

<<we heard them.

(Mnemonic:

<<DMShMK

<<SK.)

Came

<<David

<<and established them

<<on

<<eleven,

<<as it is written:

<<‘a psalm

<<of David.

<<[Hashem,]

<<who

<<may dwell

<<in Your tent?

<<Who

<<may rest

<<on the mountain of

<<Your holiness?

<<One who walks

<<wholeheartedly,

<<and does

<<righteousness,

<<and speaks

<<truth

<<in his heart;

<<who has not

<<slandered

<<with

<<his tongue,

<<nor

<<done

<<to his fellow

<<evil,

<<and disgrace

<<has not

<<borne

<<for

<<his relative;

<<despicable

<<in his eyes

<<is the contemptible,

<<and

<<those who fear

<<Hashem

<<he honors;

<<he swears

<<to his own harm

<<and does not

<<retract;

<<his money

<<he has not

<<given

<<at interest,

<<and a bribe

<<against

<<the innocent

<<he has not

<<taken.

<<One who does

<<these

<<will not

<<falter

<<forever.’

‘One who walks

<<wholeheartedly’ —

<<this is

<<Avraham,

<<as it is written:

<<‘walk

<<before Me

<<and be

<<wholehearted.’

‘Does

<<righteousness’ —

<<such as

<<Abba Chilkiyahu.

‘And speaks

<<truth

<<in his heart’ —

<<such as

<<Rav Safra.

‘Who has not

<<slandered

<<with

<<his tongue’ —

<<this is

<<Yaakov our father,

<<as it is written:

<<‘perhaps

<<will feel me

<<my father,

<<and I will be

<<in his eyes

<<as a deceiver.’

‘Nor

<<done

<<to his fellow

<<evil’ —

<<that he did not

<<encroach

<<on the trade of

<<his fellow.

‘And disgrace

<<has not

<<borne

<<for

<<his relative’ —

<<this is

<<one who draws close

<<his relatives.

‘Despicable

<<in his eyes

<<is the contemptible’ —

<<this is

<<King Chizkiyahu,

<<who dragged

<<the bones of

<<his father

<<on a bier

<<of

<<ropes.

‘And

<<those who fear

<<Hashem

<<he honors’ —

<<this is

<<Yehoshafat king of Yehuda,

<<who, when

<<he would

<<see

<<a Torah scholar,

<<would

<<rise

<<from his throne

<<and embrace him

<<and kiss him

<<and call

<<him

<<‘my father, my father,

<<my teacher, my teacher,

<<my master, my master.’

‘He swears

<<to his own harm

<<and does not

<<retract’ —

<<like Rabbi Yochanan,

<<for Rabbi Yochanan said:

<<I will be

<<fasting

<<until

<<I come

<<to my house.

‘His money

<<he has not

<<given

<<at interest’ —

<<even

<<(at) interest

<<from a gentile.

‘And a bribe

<<against

<<the innocent

<<he has not

<<taken’ —

<<such as

<<Rabbi Yishmael son of Rabbi Yosei.

It is written:

<<‘one who does

<<these

<<will not

<<falter

<<forever.’

<<When

<<Rabban Gamliel

<<would reach

<<verse

<<this,

<<he would

<<weep;

<<he said:

<<one

<<who does

<<them

<<all of them —

<<he

<<will not

<<falter;

<<but

<<one

<<of them —

<<he will falter.

They said

<<to him:

<<is it

<<written

<<‘one who does

<<all

<<these’?

<<‘One who does

<<these’

<<is written —

<<even

<<one

<<of them.

<<For if

<<you do not

<<say

<<so,

<<it is written

<<[in] a verse

<<another:

<<‘do not

<<make yourselves impure

<<with all

<<these’ —

<<there

<<too,

<<one who touches

<<all

<<these

<<is

<<the one who becomes impure,

<<but with one

<<of them

<<not?

<<Rather,

<<is it not

<<with one

<<of all

<<these;

<<here

<<too,

<<with one

<<of all

<<these.

Came

<<Yeshayahu

<<and established them

<<on

<<six,

<<as it is written:

<<‘one who walks

<<in righteousness

<<and speaks

<<uprightly,

<<who despises

<<the gain of

<<oppression,

<<who shakes

<<his hands

<<from holding

<<a bribe,

<<who stops

<<his ears

<<from hearing

<<of blood,

<<and shuts

<<his eyes

<<from looking

<<at evil.’

‘One who walks

<<in righteousness’ —

<<this is

<<Avraham our father,

<<as it is written:

<<‘for

<<I have known him

<<so that

<<he

<<will command’

<<and so on.

‘And speaks

<<uprightly’ —

<<this is

<<one who does not

<<shame

<<the face of

<<his fellow

<<in public.

‘Who despises

<<the gain of

<<oppression’ —

<<such as

<<Rabbi Yishmael ben Elisha.

‘Who shakes

<<his hands

<<from holding

<<a bribe’ —

<<such as

<<Rabbi Yishmael son of Rabbi Yosei.

‘Who stops

<<his ears

<<from hearing

<<of blood’ —

<<who does not

<<hear

<<the disgrace of

<<a young Torah scholar

<<and stay silent,

<<such as

<<Rabbi Elazar son of Rabbi Shimon.

‘And shuts

<<his eyes

<<from looking

<<at evil’ —

<<like Rabbi Chiya bar Abba,

<<for Rabbi Chiya bar Abba said:

<<this is

<<one who does not

<<gaze

<<at women

<<when

<<they are standing

<<at

<<the laundry.

And it is written:

<<‘he

<<on high

<<shall dwell.’

Came

<<Michah

<<and established them

<<on

<<three,

<<as it is written:

<<‘He has told

<<you,

<<man,

<<what

<<is good,

<<and what

<<Hashem

<<requires

<<of you:

<<only

<<to do

<<justice,

<<and love of

<<kindness,

<<and humbly

<<to walk

<<with

<<(Hashem)

<<your God.’

‘To do

<<justice’ —

<<this is

<<judgment.

<<‘Love of

<<kindness’ —

<<this is

<<acts of kindness.

<<‘And humbly

<<to walk’ —

<<this is

<<taking out

<<the dead [for burial]

<<and bringing in

<<the bride.

<<And are not

<<these matters

<<an a fortiori?

<<If

<<matters

<<that are not

<<usually

<<done

<<privately —

<<said

<<the Torah

<<‘and humbly

<<to walk’;

<<matters

<<that are usually

<<done

<<privately,

<<how much more so!

Again

<<Yeshayahu

<<established them

<<on

<<two,

<<as it is said:

<<‘thus

<<says

<<Hashem:

<<keep

<<justice

<<and do

<<righteousness.’

<<Came

<<Amos

<<and established them

<<on

<<one,

<<as it is said:

<<‘thus

<<says

<<Hashem

<<to the house of Israel:

<<seek Me

<<and live.’

<<Objected to it

<<Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak:

<<say:

<<seek Me

<<through all

<<the Torah!

<<Rather:

<<came

<<Chavakuk

<<and established them

<<on

<<one,

<<as it is said:

<<‘and the righteous one

<<in his faith

<<shall live.’

Rabbi Yosei bar Chanina said:

<<four

<<decrees

<<decreed

<<Moshe our teacher

<<upon

<<Israel;

<<came

<<four

<<prophets

<<and annulled them.

<<Moshe

<<said:

<<‘and dwells

<<Israel

<<in safety,

<<alone,

<<the fountain of

<<Yaakov’;

<<came

<<Amos

<<and annulled it,

<<[as it is said:]

<<‘cease,

<<please —

<<how

<<will stand

<<Yaakov?’

<<and so on;

<<and it is written:

<<‘relented

<<Hashem

<<concerning

<<this.’

Moshe

<<said:

<<‘and among nations

<<those

<<you shall not

<<find rest’;

<<came

<<Yirmeyahu

<<and said:

<<‘going

<<to give him rest,

<<Israel.’

Moshe

<<said:

<<‘He visits

<<the iniquity of

<<fathers

<<upon

<<children’;

<<came

<<Yechezkel

<<and annulled it:

<<‘the soul

<<that sins

<<it

<<shall die.’

Moshe

<<said:

<<‘and you shall be lost

<<among the nations’;

<<came

<<Yeshayahu

<<and said:

<<‘and it shall be

<<on day

<<that,

<<will be sounded

<<a shofar

<<great.’

Rav said:

<<I am afraid

<<of this

<<verse:

<<‘and you shall be lost

<<among the nations.’

<<Objected to it

<<Rav Pappa:

<<perhaps

<<like a lost object

<<that is sought,

<<as it is written:

<<‘I have strayed

<<like a sheep

<<lost;

<<seek

<<Your servant’!

<<Rather,

<<from the end

<<[of the verse]:

<<‘and will consume

<<you

<<the land of

<<your enemies.’

<<Objected to it

<<Mar Zutra:

<<perhaps

<<like the eating of

<<cucumbers

<<and gourds.

And once

<<were

<<Rabban Gamliel

<<and Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya

<<and Rabbi Yehoshua

<<and Rabbi Akiva

<<walking

<<on the road,

<<and they heard

<<the sound of

<<the crowds

<<of

<<Rome

<<from Puteoli

<<[at a distance of]

<<a hundred and twenty

<<mil,

<<and they began

<<weeping,

<<and Rabbi Akiva

<<laughed.

<<They said

<<to him:

<<why

<<are you

<<laughing?

<<He said

<<to them:

<<and you,

<<why

<<are you

<<weeping?

<<They said

<<to him:

<<these

<<gentiles

<<who bow

<<to images

<<and burn incense

<<to idolatry

<<dwell

<<in safety

<<and tranquility,

<<and we —

<<the house

<<that is the footstool of

<<the feet of

<<our God

<<is burned