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Rabbi Yose would indeed have agreed to come if they needed him to teach Torah, but he was not willing to leave his strong Torah community solely to become an adviser. He refused the post because of his commitment (close to Torah) to Torah study; indeed, his soul was bound up with love for Torah.
Dedicated to Pete and Laurie Haney
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The Maharal does not include “hoary age” as one of the qualities, and he explains the Baraita in the following order: Beauty, strength, wealth, wisdom, children, old age, and honor.
Are there only seven qualities that befit the righteous and no other?
The number seven is a symbol of completeness, just as Creation was completed in seven days. Each of the qualities listed here is representative of a type of quality and there are seven types altogether. All other good qualities are included in these seven types or are similar to them.
Dedicated to Carolyn McLarge
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Why does the verse use the phrase “to those who find them” rather than “to those who learn them”? The point may be understood by comparison with someone who finds this article. When an individual picks it up it becomes theirs, but they will never feel as attached to it as something they had earned or otherwise been involved with. The phrase “to those who find them” refers to the aspect of Torah that so transcends mundane human life that our involvement with it remains tenuous. That high level of Torah is the level from which life originates, and which endows Torah with its ability to confer life to those who find it.
In memory of Bernell Kirkland
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How will we hide our faces in shame when we come to the next world empty handed! The situation has not been this bad since the day that the Torah was given on Mount Sinai.
Furthermore, the earlier generations fulfilled the Torah from conditions of great financial duress and under oppression from the nations. Today, we sit tranquilly in our houses, and when a matter of halachah arises, or halachic decisions need to be rendered, we search every nook and cranny to find relevant references. We search through topics until we find what we are looking for, or something close to it, and then proudly invoke the Rabbinical dictum: “Believe one who says: I labored and I found.”
In memory of George Thomas Brown
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One should repeat a point of Torah in the name of the one who said it, and not plagiarize.
Each person was created with a unique aptitude which surfaces in the perception of Torah. Since Torah includes all of these personal view-points, if one omits the name of the person whose opinion he states, he has altered the Torah.
On a more practical level, on may explain the requirements to “repeat a saying in the name of the one who said it” as being careful not to gloss over or change any detail of his studies.
Dedicated to Cyndee Kaelin
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In article 30 we read how “Beloved” includes being beloved to G-d as well as beloved to people. Clearly, if one is not beloved to G-d, G-d will not give him His Torah and share with him His wisdom.
One is beloved for the pleasing things he does for another. One makes G-d “happy,” not for what he does, but for what he is. One who is of fine and pleasant character makes G-d happy that He created such a being, and he makes people happy to have him as part of the community. Being close to people and to G-d is reflected by the Torah being close to him, and hence he receives Torah readily.
Dedicated to Cyndee Kaelin
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Physical indulgence counters the acquisition of wisdom. However, the expression “limited pleasure” implies that some pleasure is acceptable.
Although the Rabbis extolled the virtue of a life of “bread and salt” in Baraita 4, the benefit arises only if the deprivations are necessary in order to learn Torah and only if there is no other alternative. There is no benefit to be had if he can continue to learn without giving up normal comforts. On the other hand, he should avoid extra phyiscl pleasures, for that goes against the nature of Torah, and that is the practice of limited pleasure.
Dedicated to Amy Magnusson
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