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Excerpt from En Jacob, Agada of the Babylonian Talmud, Vol. 3
The same also lectured: (deut. 26, Thou hast this day acknowledged the Lord, and it is written (ibid, ibid) The Lord hath acknowledged thee, this day; i.e., the Holy One, praised be He! Said unto Israel 'you have made Me the only object of love in the world as it is written.' (deut. 6, 4) Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, is one God; I will therefore make you the only oh jcet of love in the world - as it is said (ib. B) (i Cr. 17, 21) And who is like Thy people, Israel, the only nation. He also opened and lectured: (eccl. 12, 2) The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails fastened are the words of the men of the assemblies which are given by one shep herd. Just as the goad directs the cow [which ploughs] straight in the furrows, so as to produce sustenance for the world, so also do the words of the Torah guide those who study them [away] from the ways of death to the ways of life. One might say, that as the goad is movable so also are the words of Law. Therefore it is written, like nails. One might assume that just as the nail [when making a hole in the wall] di minishes [and does not add to it], so also do the words of the Law diminish and do not add. It is therefore written Planted; i. E., as a plant is fruitful and multiplies, so also are the words of the Torah fruitful and multiply. The men of assemblies, this refers to the scholars who sit in the assem bly, studying the Torah and discussing these rendering a decision of a certain act as unclean and the others of clean; these declaring a certain thing prohibited and those permitting it; these declaring a cer tain act valid, those declaring it invalid. One will perhaps say: 'since these render a decision of unclean and the others of clean; these prohibit and the others permit it.
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