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... Retaliation is the rule]? I would answer: It is proper to derive [the law of] injury18 from [the law governing another case of] injury,19 and not to derive [the law of] injury18 from [the law governing the case of] murder. It could, however, be argued to the contrary; [that it is proper] to derive [the law of injury inflicted upon] man from [another case of] man but not to derive [the law...
..., [could reply thus]: The argument that the Mishnah has not its original order could not be admitted in regard to the same Tractate, but it could be used in regard to two Tractates. [11] And as to R. Joseph? [12] — He holds that all [those dealing with] torts [13] are to be regarded as one tractate; or, if you wish, it could be said, because this rule is included among legal and...
... solicitation. How could he be so sure of being able to subdue his inclination. Prov. II, 11. [H] (E.V. 'discretion'). [H] has the twofold meaning of 'counsel' and 'lewdness'. V. Targum Onkelos. Lev. XVIII, 17. [H] — generally rendered, it is lewdness. Isa. XXVIII, 29. 'Counsel' is thus used as a synonym for the Torah; the words quoted from Prov. would therefore be rendered, The Torah shall watch over...
... case] where he only defaced the idol.12 And supposing he only defaced it, what of it? Behold we have learnt: If he defaced it, although there was no reduction in the mass of the material, it is annulled!13 — This rule only applies when an idolater defaced it in this manner, but if an Israelite did so it is not annulled.14 Raba, however, said: In reality when an Israelite only...
... against the Amorites was under a ban (Josh. VI, 19). Lit., 'make it depend on.' And cannot be annulled, despite the rule that a person cannot render prohibited what does not belong to him. Although it was not his property. Deut. XII, 3. The land having been promised to the patriarchs. So how could the Amorites make the Asherim prohibited when they really belonged to the Israelites? Before the promise to...
... compelling its success and influence is, and God's Rule of Mercy is recognized in that He, in a time when intellect and talent have been elevated to a prevailing power, has let men arise in our ranks who are full of the divine spirit and know how to speak in truth and clarity with frankness and victorious power; if we, in a word, admire the talent which is the foundation of your reputation, and made you...
... beyond our control. And there are other-worldly people - the monks, the saints - they are also afraid of love. They escape from the world just to escape from situations where love is possible. So the worldly and the otherworldly are not very different. If you look deep down their orientation is the same: both are afraid of love. The worldly runs after money, power, prestige; these are his substitutes...
... investment into the heart so the balance is achieved. One has almost to lean too much towards the heart. One has to go to the other extreme to make the balance. By and by one comes into the middle, but in the beginning one has to go completely to the other pole because reason has dominated too much. Just by going into the middle, the domination will not stop. That's why I say that sannyas is something only...
... happy that he has been saved. The king is surprised but the mystic says 'This is a simple application of a general law: People understand the beauty of something only when they have lost it.' Your lover is there you understand the beauty of relationship; when you are gone from here you will understand the beauty of being here. This is the general rule. Beware of it! So good. Keep to this - being total...
... contradiction. Life is not logical, so those who search for consistency in life go on missing. Life consists of contradictions. It is a constant balancing between contradictions - day and night, love and hate, life and death, summer and winter, man and woman. If one looks deeply into life one will find that contradiction is the rule, not the exception. It exists through paradoxes. The logical mind insists on...
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