291. Rabbi Yohanan was strolling with Rabbi Hiya. When they came to a field, Rabbi Yohanan said, \u201cThis field was mine, and I sold it so I could be rewarded with Torah.\u201d Rabbi Hiya wept. He said to him, \u201cWhy are you crying?\u201d He replied, \u201cBecause you did not leave anything for your old age.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
292. He said, \u201cHiya, my son, is what I did of no value in your eyes, that I left something that was created in six days in order to acquire something that was created in forty days, as it is written, \u2018And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights,\u2019 and I acquired great and good things, which cannot be found in the world, which are counsel and resourcefulness, and wisdom, and might, as it is written, \u2018Mine is counsel and resourcefulness; I am understanding, Mine is strength?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
293. When Rabbi Yohanan engaged in Torah, his face lit like the brightness of the sun. One day, Rabbi Yosi met him. He said to him, \u201cLook, for your face shines like the brightness of the sun.\u201d He said to him, \u201cIt is not that, but rather the Halacha [Jewish law] that is shining in me.\u201d He declared about him the verse, \u201cMay those who love Him be like the rising of the sun in its might.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
294. At first, the Torah is called is called Tushiya [resourcefulness\/gumption], and then Gevura [strength], as it is written, \u201cMine are counsel and resourcefulness.\u201d In the beginning, it is called Tushiya because it Mateshet [exhausts] man\u2019s strength since he must fight against the evil inclination and crush his entire body in the seminary until he customizes it to the Torah. Once he is accustomed to engage in Torah, then he has joy and strength, as it is written, \u201cI am understanding, Mine is might.\u201d When a person is accustomed to the Torah and the wisdom, he has glory, and what is strength? To fight the wars of the Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
295. The Creator created the world with the Torah, as it is written, \u201cThen I was beside Him as a craftsman [Amon],\u201d do not pronounce Amon, but Oman [artist]. This is \u201cIn the beginning god created,\u201d with Resheet God created the heaven and the earth, and this is the Torah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
296. It was created only for fear, which is called Resheet, as it is written, \u201cFear of the Lord is the Resheet [beginning] of knowledge.\u201d The world was created according to fear, as it is written, \u201cAnd God has made it that He would be feared.\u201d He made the world so He would be feared, and according to the fear, which is the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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