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דסגינן בשלימותא כתיב בן: ״תמת ישרים תנחם״, הנך אינשי דסגן בעלילותא כתיב בהו: ״וסלף בוגדים ישדם״.
who proceed wholeheartedly and with integrity, it is written: “The integrity of the upright will guide them” (Proverbs 11:3), whereas about those people who walk in deceit, it is written at the end of the same verse: “And the perverseness of the faithless will destroy them.”
אמר רבי שמואל בר נחמני אמר רבי יונתן: מאי דכתיב ״לבבתני אחותי כלה לבבתני באחת מעיניך״ — בתחילה באחת מעיניך, לכשתעשי — בשתי עיניך. אמר עולא: עלובה כלה מזנה בתוך חופתה. אמר רב מרי ברה דבת שמואל, מאי קרא: ״עד שהמלך במסבו נרדי וגו׳״. אמר רב: ועדיין חביבותא היא גבן, דכתיב ״נתן״, ולא כתיב ״הסריח״. תנו רבנן: עלובין ואינן עולבין, שומעין חרפתן ואינן משיבין, עושין מאהבה ושמחין ביסורין — עליהן הכתוב אומר: ״ואהביו כצאת השמש בגברתו״.
R' Shmuel bar Naḥamani said that R' Yonatan said: What is the meaning of that which is written: “You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride; you have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one bead of your necklace” (Song of Songs 4:9)? At first when you, the Jewish people, merely accepted the Torah upon yourselves it was with one of your eyes; however, when you actually perform the mitzvot it will be with both of your eyes. Ulla said with regard to the sin of the Golden Calf: Insolent is the bride who is promiscuous under her wedding canopy. Rav Mari, son of the daughter of Shmuel, said: What verse alludes to this? “While the king was still at his table my spikenard gave off its fragrance” (Song of Songs 1:12). Its pleasant odor dissipated, leaving only an offensive odor. Rav said: Nevertheless, it is apparent from the verse that the affection of God is still upon us, as it is written euphemistically as “gave off its fragrance,” and the verse did not write, it reeked. And A baraita states: About those who are insulted and do not insult, who hear their shame and do not respond, who act out of love and are joyful in suffering, the verse says: “And they that love Him are as the sun going forth in its might” (Judges 5:31).
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