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Mishnah 1

Mishnayos Avos Perek 6 Mishnah 9

אבות פרק ו׳ משנה ט׳

9
Rabbi Yose ben Kisma said: Once I was walking by the way when a man met me, and greeted me and I greeted him. He said to me, “Rabbi, where are you from?” I said to him, “I am from a great city of sages and scribes”. He said to me, “Rabbi, would you consider living with us in our place? I would give you a thousand thousand denarii of gold, and precious stones and pearls.” I said to him: “My son, even if you were to give me all the silver and gold, precious stones and pearls that are in the world, I would not dwell anywhere except in a place of Torah; for when a man passes away there accompany him neither gold nor silver, nor precious stones nor pearls, but Torah and good deeds alone, as it is said, “When you walk it will lead you. When you lie down it will watch over you; and when you are awake it will talk with you” (Proverbs 6:22). “When you walk it will lead you” in this world. “When you lie down it will watch over you” in the grave; “And when you are awake it will talk with you” in the world to come. And thus it is written in the book of Psalms by David, king of Israel, “I prefer the teaching You proclaimed to thousands of pieces of gold and silver” (Psalms 119:72), And it says: “Mine is the silver, and mine the gold, says the Lord of Hosts” (Haggai 2:8).
אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי בֶן קִסְמָא, פַּעַם אַחַת הָיִיתִי מְהַלֵּךְ בַּדֶּרֶךְ וּפָגַע בִּי אָדָם אֶחָד, וְנָתַן לִי שָׁלוֹם, וְהֶחֱזַרְתִּי לוֹ שָׁלוֹם. אָמַר לִי, רַבִּי, מֵאֵיזֶה מָקוֹם אַתָּה. אָמַרְתִּי לוֹ, מֵעִיר גְּדוֹלָה שֶׁל חֲכָמִים וְשֶׁל סוֹפְרִים אָנִי. אָמַר לִי, רַבִּי, רְצוֹנְךָ שֶׁתָּדוּר עִמָּנוּ בִמְקוֹמֵנוּ, וַאֲנִי אֶתֵּן לְךָ אֶלֶף אֲלָפִים דִּינְרֵי זָהָב וַאֲבָנִים טוֹבוֹת וּמַרְגָּלִיּוֹת. אָמַרְתִּי לוֹ, בְּנִי, אִם אַתָּה נוֹתֵן לִי כָל כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב וַאֲבָנִים טוֹבוֹת וּמַרְגָּלִיּוֹת שֶׁבָּעוֹלָם, אֵינִי דָר אֶלָּא בִמְקוֹם תּוֹרָה. וְלֹא עוֹד, אֶלָּא שֶׁבִּשְׁעַת פְּטִירָתוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם אֵין מְלַוִּין לוֹ לָאָדָם לֹא כֶסֶף וְלֹא זָהָב וְלֹא אֲבָנִים טוֹבוֹת וּמַרְגָּלִיּוֹת, אֶלָּא תוֹרָה וּמַעֲשִׂים טוֹבִים בִּלְבַד, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (משלי ו) בְּהִתְהַלֶּכְךָ תַּנְחֶה אֹתָךְ, בְּשָׁכְבְּךָ תִּשְׁמֹר עָלֶיךָ, וַהֲקִיצוֹתָ הִיא תְשִׂיחֶךָ. בְּהִתְהַלֶּכְךָ תַּנְחֶה אֹתָךְ, בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה, בְּשָׁכְבְּךָ תִּשְׁמֹר עָלֶיךָ, בַּקֶּבֶר, וַהֲקִיצוֹתָ הִיא תְשִׂיחֶךָ, לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא. וְכֵן כָּתוּב בְּסֵפֶר תְּהִלִּים עַל יְדֵי דָוִד מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל (תהלים קיט), טוֹב לִי תוֹרַת פִּיךָ מֵאַלְפֵי זָהָב וָכָסֶף. וְאוֹמֵר (חגי ב) לִי הַכֶּסֶף וְלִי הַזָּהָב אָמַר ה' צְבָאוֹת:
ט׳

"Mine is the silver, and Mine the gold": Its explanation is [that this is] for his praise and honor, as it is stated (Isaiah 6:3), "the earth is full of His honor."

לִי הַכֶּסֶף וְלִי הַזָּהָב. פֵּרוּשׁ לְשִׁבְחוֹ וְלִכְבוֹדוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (יְשַׁעְיָה ו) מְלֹא כָל הָאָרֶץ כְּבוֹדוֹ:

Mishnah 2

Mishnayos Avos Perek 6 Mishnah 10

אבות פרק ו׳ משנה י׳

10
Five possessions did the Holy Blessed One, set aside as his own in this world, and these are they:The Torah, one possession; Heaven and earth, another possession; Abraham, another possession; Israel, another possession; The Temple, another possession. 1a) The Torah is one possession. From where do we know this? Since it is written, “The Lord possessed (usually translated as ‘created’) me at the beginning of his course, at the first of His works of old” (Proverbs 8:22). , 2a) Heaven and earth, another possession. From where do we know this? Since it is said: “Thus said the Lord: The heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool; Where could you build a house for Me, What place could serve as My abode? (Isaiah 66:1) And it says: “How many are the things You have made, O Lord; You have made them all with wisdom; the earth is full of Your possessions” (Psalms 104:24). 3a) Abraham is another possession. From where do we know this? Since it is written: “He blessed him, saying, “Blessed by Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth” (Genesis 15:19). 4a) Israel is another possession. From where do we know this? Since it is written: “Till Your people cross over, O Lord, Till Your people whom You have possessed” (Exodus 15:16). And it says: “As to the holy and mighty ones that are in the land, my whole desire (possession) is in them” (Psalms 16:3). 5a) The Temple is another possession. From where do we know this? Since it is said: “The sanctuary, O lord, which your hands have established” (Exodus 15:17”, And it says: “And He brought them to His holy realm, to the mountain, which His right hand had possessed” (Psalms 78:54).
חֲמִשָּׁה קִנְיָנִים קָנָה לוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בְעוֹלָמוֹ, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן, תּוֹרָה קִנְיָן אֶחָד, שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ קִנְיָן אֶחָד, אַבְרָהָם קִנְיָן אֶחָד, יִשְׂרָאֵל קִנְיָן אֶחָד, בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ קִנְיָן אֶחָד. תּוֹרָה מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (משלי ח), ה' קָנָנִי רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכּוֹ קֶדֶם מִפְעָלָיו מֵאָז. שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ קִנְיָן אֶחָד מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (ישעיה סו), כֹּה אָמַר ה' הַשָּׁמַיִם כִּסְאִי וְהָאָרֶץ הֲדֹם רַגְלָי אֵי זֶה בַיִת אֲשֶׁר תִּבְנוּ לִי וְאֵי זֶה מָקוֹם מְנוּחָתִי, וְאוֹמֵר (תהלים קד) מָה רַבּוּ מַעֲשֶׂיךָ ה' כֻּלָּם בְּחָכְמָה עָשִׂיתָ מָלְאָה הָאָרֶץ קִנְיָנֶךָ. אַבְרָהָם קִנְיָן אֶחָד מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (בראשית יד), וַיְבָרְכֵהוּ וַיֹּאמַר בָּרוּךְ אַבְרָם לְאֵל עֶלְיוֹן קֹנֵה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ. יִשְׂרָאֵל קִנְיָן אֶחָד מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (שמות טו), עַד יַעֲבֹר עַמְּךָ ה' עַד יַעֲבֹר עַם זוּ קָנִיתָ, וְאוֹמֵר (תהלים טז) לִקְדוֹשִׁים אֲשֶׁר בָּאָרֶץ הֵמָּה וְאַדִּירֵי כָּל חֶפְצִי בָם. בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ קִנְיָן אֶחָד מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (שמות טו), מָכוֹן לְשִׁבְתְּךָ פָּעַלְתָּ ה' מִקְּדָשׁ ה' כּוֹנְנוּ יָדֶיךָ. וְאוֹמֵר (תהלים עח) וַיְבִיאֵם אֶל גְּבוּל קָדְשׁוֹ הַר זֶה קָנְתָה יְמִינוֹ:
י׳

Five possessions has the Holy One, Blessed be He, declared His own, etc.: “The Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way”: as He created it before the world. Since when it went up in His thought to create the world, He said, "The world will exist for the sake of the Torah."

heaven and earth [are] one possession: As they are the pillars of the universe, as it says, “Thus says the Lord: ‘The heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool." It says "earth" here and it says "earth" later; as it says, "full is the earth with Your possessions.” Just like [in the first verse], it is heaven and earth, so too here it is heaven and earth, and it is written, "Your possessions, etc."

From where [do we infer that] Abraham [is] one possession: such that the Holy One, blessed be He, created him for this, to be a possession for the world? As it says, "And he blessed him, and said: ‘Blessed be Abram of God Most High.'" And why? Because [God] is "'Maker of heaven and earth.’” As because of [Abraham] the world exists; since he brought close the creatures under the wings of the Divine presence and made them repent to the better and said to them the things that are mentioned.

Israel [is] one possession: As it says, "the people whom You have made Your own.” And from where [do we infer] that the world exists because of them? As it says, “As for the holy that are in the earth, they are the excellent in whom is all My delight” - that they are the main excellent ones of the world.

“The Sanctuary, O Lord, that Your hands have established”: We have still not found [that it is a] possession; except that since here it says, "Sanctuary" and later it says "And He brought them to His holy border, to the mountain, which His right hand had possessed.” Just like here the Sanctuary [of the mountain] is a possession, so too is the Sanctuary [in the first verse] a possession. And there is much confusion about the thing. And according to the matter, it appears to me that [this] berieta was not written as it should have been; as behold, in Tractate Pesachim in the chapter [entitled] Haeesha, we only learned Torah, heaven and earth and Israel; and it brings a proof for the heaven and earth from the same verse that is says about Abraham, "'Maker of heaven and earth.’”

חֲמִשָּׁה קִנְיָנִים קָנָה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא וְכוּ'. ה' קָנָנִי רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכּוֹ. שֶׁבְּרִיאָתָהּ קֹדֶם הָעוֹלָם, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁכְּשֶׁעָלָה בְּמַחֲשָׁבָה לְפָנָיו לִבְרֹא אֶת עוֹלָמוֹ נִתְקַיֵּם הָעוֹלָם בִּשְׁבִיל הַתּוֹרָה:

שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ קִנְיָן אֶחָד. שֶׁהֵם עַמּוּדִים שֶׁל עוֹלָם שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר כֹּה אָמַר ה' הַשָּׁמַיִם כִּסְאִי וְהָאָרֶץ הֲדוֹם רַגְלָי, נֶאֱמַר כָּאן אָרֶץ וְנֶאֱמַר לְהַלָּן אָרֶץ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר מָלְאָה הָאָרֶץ קִנְיָנֶךָ, מַה לְהַלָּן שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ אַף כָּאן שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ, וּכְתִיב קִנְיָנֶךָ וְכוּ':

אַבְרָהָם מִנַּיִן. שֶׁבְּרָאוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְכָךְ לִהְיוֹת קִנְיָנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם וְיִתְקַיֵּם בִּשְׁבִילוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר וַיְבָרְכֵהוּ וַיֹּאמַר בָּרוּךְ אַבְרָם לְאֵל עֶלְיוֹן, וְלָמָּה, בִּשְׁבִיל שֶׁהוּא קוֹנֶה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ, שֶׁבִּשְׁבִילוֹ הָעוֹלָם מִתְקַיֵּם, לְפִי שֶׁהוּא קֵרֵב אֶת הַבְּרִיּוֹת תַּחַת כַּנְפֵי הַשְּׁכִינָה וְהֶחְזִירָן לַמּוּטָב וְאָמַר לָהֶן דְּבָרִים הַנִּזְכָּרִין:

יִשְׂרָאֵל קִנְיָן אֶחָד שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר עַם זוּ קָנִיתָ. וּמִנַּיִן שֶׁהָעוֹלָם מִתְקַיֵּם בִּשְׁבִילָן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר לִקְדוֹשִׁים אֲשֶׁר בָּאָרֶץ הֵמָּה וְאַדִּירֵי כָּל, שֶׁהֵם עִקַּר הַדִּירָה שֶׁל אָרֶץ:

מִקְּדָשׁ ה' כּוֹנְנוּ יָדֶיךָ. עֲדַיִן לֹא מָצִינוּ קִנְיָן, אֶלָּא מִפְּנֵי שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר כָּאן מִקְּדָשׁ וּלְהַלָּן הוּא אוֹמֵר וַיְבִיאֵם אֶל גְּבוּל קָדְשׁוֹ הַר זֶה קָנְתָה יְמִינוֹ, מַה כָּאן מִקְדָּשׁ בְּקִנְיָן אַף לְהַלָּן מִקְדָּשׁ בְּקִנְיָן. וְכַמָּה גִּמְגּוּם יֵשׁ בַּדָּבָר, לְפִי שֶׁהָעִנְיָן נִרְאֶה בְּעֵינַי שֶׁהַבְּרַיְתָא לֹא נִכְתְּבָה כְּתִקְנָהּ, שֶׁהֲרֵי בְּמַסֶּכֶת פְּסָחִים בְּפֶרֶק הָאִשָּׁה לֹא שָׁנִינוּ אֶלָּא שְׁלֹשָׁה, תּוֹרָה וְשָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ וְיִשְׂרָאֵל, וּמֵבִיא רְאָיָה לַשָּׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ מֵאוֹתוֹ הַפָּסוּק שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בְּאַבְרָהָם קוֹנֵה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ:

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