Chukas 21:18 · unit 1 — make yourself like a wilderness and Torah is given as a gift

בְּאֵ֞ר חֲפָר֣וּהָ שָׂרִ֗ים כָּר֙וּהָ֙ נְדִיבֵ֣י הָעָ֔ם בִּמְחֹקֵ֖ק בְּמִשְׁעֲנֹתָ֑ם וּמִמִּדְבָּ֖ר מַתָּנָֽה׃

The well that the princes dug, that the nobles of the people delved, with the lawgiver, with their staffs; and from the wilderness to Mattanah.

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אָמַר רָבָא, מַאי דִּכְתִיב וּמִמִּדְבָּר מַתָּנָה וּמִמַּתָּנָה נַחֲלִיאֵל וּמִנַּחֲלִיאֵל בָּמוֹת, כֵּיוָן שֶׁעוֹשֶׂה אָדָם עַצְמוֹ כַּמִּדְבָּר שֶׁהוּא הֶפְקֵר לַכֹּל, תּוֹרָה נִתְּנָה לוֹ בְּמַתָּנָה.

English: Rava said: what is meant by “and from the wilderness to Mattanah, and from Mattanah to Nachaliel, and from Nachaliel to Bamoth”? When a person makes himself like a wilderness that is free to all, Torah is given to him as a gift.

Chukas 21:18 · unit 1 — make yourself like a wilderness and Torah is given as a gift

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