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idols that you require this special warning? Again Moses asked: What else is written in it? God said to him: “Remember the Shabbat day to sanctify it” (Exodus 20:8). Moses asked the angels: Do you perform labor that you require rest from it? Again Moses asked: What else is written in it? “Do not ta
Immediately, each and every one of the angels became an admirer of Moses and passed something to him, as it is stated: “You ascended on high, you took a captive, you took gifts on account of man, and even among the rebellious also that YHWH God might dwell there” (Psalms 68:19). The meaning of the
And R' Yehoshua ben Levi said: When Moses descended from standing before God, with the Torah, Satan came and said before Him: God! where is the Torah? He said to him: I have given it to the earth. He went to the earth, and said to it: Where is the Torah? It said to him: I do not know, as only:
He went to Moses and said to him: The Torah that God gave you, where is it? Moses evaded the question and said to him: And what am I that God would have given me the Torah? I am unworthy. God said to Moses: Moses, are you a fabricator? Moses said before Him: God! You have a hidden treasure in whi
And R' Yehoshua ben Levi said: When Moses ascended on High, he found God tying crowns to letters. On the tops of certain letters there are ornamental crownlets. Moses said nothing, and God said to him: Moses, is there no greeting in your city? Do people not greet each other in your city? He said b