כְּשֶׁיֵּשׁ מִלְחָמוֹת בָּעוֹלָם, הַשֵּׂכֶל מְחַיֵּב שֶׁיִּהְיֶה יַקְרוּת
Wars, Rain and the Teacher in Prison
When there are wars, rain is held back and prices rise: rain is made from the mists that rise from the earth, and bloodshed turns those mists into blood. Teaching Torah to unworthy students also withholds rain, for rain comes through the honour of the Torah. This explains Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai's strange words to his imprisoned teacher, Rabbi Akiva: 'Teach me Torah, or I will tell Yochai my father and hand you over to the government.' Teaching a worthy student would repair the flaw, and Rabbi Shimon's own Torah, from kindness on his father's side, would lift his humble teacher into greatness.
🎧 Listen to the full shiur
1-minute recap
Explainer
הַמָּקוֹר · Original text
כְּשֶׁיֵּשׁ מִלְחָמוֹת בָּעוֹלָם, הַשֵּׂכֶל מְחַיֵּב שֶׁיִּהְיֶה יַקְרוּת, כִּי נִתְעוֹרֵר הַקְּלָלָה שֶׁל קַיִן: כִּי תַעֲבֹד אֶת הָאֲדָמָה לֹא תֹסֶף תֵּת כֹּחָהּ לָךְ (בראשית ד׳:י״ב), עַל־יְדֵי הַשְּׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּעוֹלָם. כִּי קְלָלָה זוֹ נֶאֶמְרָה עַל שְׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים, כִּי הָאֲדָמָה הִיא חַיֶּבֶת בָּזֶה כְּשֶׁיֵּשׁ שְׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים. כִּי הַגְּשָׁמִים נַעֲשִׂין עַל־יְדֵי הָאֵדִים הָעוֹלִים מִן הָאָרֶץ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב (בראשית ב׳:ו׳): וְאֵד יַעֲלֶה מִן הָאָרֶץ וְהִשְׁקָה אֶת כָּל פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה, כִּי מִן הָאֵדִים הָעוֹלִים מִן הָאָרֶץ, מִזֶּה נַעֲשִׂים גְּשָׁמִים,
וּכְשֶׁיֵּשׁ מִלְחָמוֹת וּשְׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים, אֲזַי נַעֲשֶׂה מִן הָאֵדִים הַנַּ"ל שְׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים. וְזֶה שֶׁכָּתוּב (יחזקאל ל״ה:ה׳): וַתַּגֵּר אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל־יְדֵי חָרֶב בְּעֵת אֵידָם, הַיְנוּ בְּחִינַת אֵדִים הַנַּ"ל, שֶׁעַל־יָדָם נַעֲשֶׂה הַשְּׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים. וְכֵן בְּכַמָּה אֻמּוֹת: מִצְרַיִם וְעַמּוֹן וּמוֹאָב, כְּשֶׁנִּבָּא עַל מַפַּלְתָּם, נֶאֱמַר שָׁם: בְּעֵת אֵידָם – בְּחִינַת אֵדִים הַנַּ"ל, שֶׁעַל־יָדָם נַעֲשֶׂה הַשְּׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים כַּנַּ"ל.
וְעַל־כֵּן כְּשֶׁיֵּשׁ מִלְחָמוֹת וּשְׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים, אֲזַי הָאֲדָמָה נוֹתֶנֶת כֹּחָהּ לְשָׁם, כִּי מִן הָאֵדִים הָעוֹלִים מִמֶּנָּה נַעֲשֶׂה הַשְּׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים, וְעַל־כֵּן אֵין יוֹרְדִין גְּשָׁמִים, כִּי הַגְּשָׁמִים נַעֲשִׂין מִן הָאֵדִים, וְעַכְשָׁו נַעֲשֶׂה מִן הָאֵדִים עִנְיָן אַחֵר, דְּהַיְנוּ שְׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים כַּנַּ"ל. וְזֶה שֶׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (תענית ח:): בִּשְׁעַת גְּשָׁמִים אֲפִלּוּ גְּיָסוֹת פּוֹסְקוֹת בּוֹ. כִּי כְּשֶׁיֵּשׁ גְּשָׁמִים, נִפְסָקִים הַגְּיָסוֹת וְהַמִּלְחָמוֹת כַּנַּ"ל:
וְלָזֶה מְקֻשָּׁר מַה שֶּׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה: כְּשֶׁהָיָה רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא בַּתְּפִיסָה, אָמַר לוֹ רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחַאי: רַבִּי, לַמְּדֵנִי תּוֹרָה, וְאִם לָאו, אֲנִי אוֹמֵר לְיוֹחַאי אַבָּא וּמוֹסֶרְךָ לַמַּלְכוּת (פסחים קיב). וְהַדְּבָרִים תְּמוּהִים מְאֹד מְאֹד, שֶׁרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן יֹאמַר כַּדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה לְרַבּוֹ, שֶׁיִּמְסְרוֹ לַמַּלְכוּת. וְגַם כִּי מִסְּתָמָא כְּשֶׁרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא רַבּוֹ לֹא רָצָה לְלַמְּדוֹ, בְּוַדַּאי כִּוֵּן לְטוֹבָה. וְגַם הֲלֹא כְּבָר הָיָה תָּפוּס בַּתְּפִיסָה, וּמַה יִּמְסְרֵהוּ עוֹד:
אַךְ דַּע, כִּי גַּם עַל־יְדֵי מִי שֶׁאוֹמֵר תּוֹרָה בָּרַבִּים, וְשׁוֹמְעִים תַּלְמִידִים שֶׁאֵינָם הֲגוּנִים, עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה בָּא גַם־כֵּן עֲצִירַת גְּשָׁמִים, כִּי עַל־יְדֵי כְּבוֹד הַתּוֹרָה בָּא גְּשָׁמִים, בִּבְחִינַת (שמות ט״ז:י׳): וּכְבוֹד ה' נִרְאָה בֶּעָנָן, וְעַל־יְדֵי הֶעָנָן בָּא גְּשָׁמִים. וְזֶה בְּחִינַת (תהילים כ״ט:ג׳): קֵ-ל הַכָּבוֹד הִרְעִים, ה' עַל מַיִם רַבִּים; הַיְנוּ בְּחִינַת גְּשָׁמִים שֶׁבָּאִים עַל־יְדֵי כְּבוֹד ה', בְּחִינַת כְּבוֹד הַתּוֹרָה.
וְהַלּוֹמֵד תּוֹרָה לְתַלְמִיד שֶׁאֵינוֹ הָגוּן, אָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (חולין קלג) שֶׁהוּא כְּזוֹרֵק אֶבֶן לְמַרְקוּלִיס, וּפֵרְשׁוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה, שֶׁמַּרְקוּלִיס פֵּרוּשׁוֹ: מַר קִלּוּס, הַיְנוּ חִלּוּף הַכָּבוֹד. נִמְצָא כְּשֶׁלּוֹמֵד תּוֹרָה לְתַלְמִיד שֶׁאֵינוֹ הָגוּן, הוּא הֶפֶךְ הַכָּבוֹד, וְעַל־כֵּן בָּא עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה עֲצִירַת גְּשָׁמִים, הֶפֶךְ הַכָּבוֹד, שֶׁעַל־יָדוֹ בָּאִין גְּשָׁמִים.
וְזֶה בְּחִינַת (משלי כ״ו:א׳): כַּמָּטָר בַּקָּצִיר כֵּן לֹא נָאוֶה לִכְסִיל כָּבוֹד, הַיְנוּ כְּשֶׁלּוֹמֵד תּוֹרָה לְתַלְמִיד שֶׁאֵינוֹ הָגוּן, שֶׁזֶּה בְּחִינַת: נוֹתֵן לִכְסִיל כָּבוֹד (שם), שֶׁנּוֹתֵן כְּבוֹד הַתּוֹרָה לִכְסִיל, דְּהַיְנוּ תַּלְמִיד שֶׁאֵינוֹ הָגוּן, וְעַל־יְדֵי־זֶה מְקַלְקֵל הַגְּשָׁמִים. וְזֶהוּ: כַּמָּטָר בַּקָּצִיר, הַיְנוּ קִלְקוּל הַגְּשָׁמִים שֶׁיּוֹרְדִין שֶׁלֹּא בְּעוֹנָתָן. כִּי בִּשְׁעַת הַקָּצִיר, אֲזַי אַדְּרַבָּא, מַזִּיק הַמָּטָר – כֵּן לֹא נָאוֶה לִכְסִיל כָּבוֹד, כִּי עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה בְּעַצְמוֹ הוּא קִלְקוּל הַגְּשָׁמִים כַּנַּ"ל:
וְזֶה שֶׁאָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחַאי לְרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא: לַמְּדֵנִי תּוֹרָה, וְאִם לָאו, אֲנִי אוֹמֵר וְכוּ'. כִּי רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא הָיָה מַקְהִיל קְהִלּוֹת וְדוֹרֵשׁ בָּרַבִּים, וְסָבַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, שֶׁמִפְּנֵי זֶה נִתְפַּס בַּתְּפִיסָה, מֵחֲמַת שֶׁהָיָה דּוֹרֵשׁ בָּרַבִּים, וְשָׁמְעוּ בְּנֵי־אָדָם שֶׁאֵינָם מְהֻגָּנִים.
כִּי עַל־יְדֵי חִדּוּשֵׁי־תוֹרָה שֶׁמְּגַלִּין, עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה נִמְשָׁךְ אֱלֹקוּת, כִּבְיָכוֹל, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב (שמות כ״ה:ב׳): וְיִקְחוּ לִי תְּרוּמָה, הַיְנוּ כְּשֶׁתִּרְצוּ לִקַּח וּלְהַמְשִׁיךְ אוֹתִי, אִי אֶפְשָׁר כִּי־אִם עַל־יְדֵי הַתּוֹרָה, כִּי עַל־יְדֵי הַתּוֹרָה מַמְשִׁיכִין אוֹתוֹ, כִּבְיָכוֹל. וּלְהֵיכָן נִמְשָׁךְ הָאֱלֹקוּת, לְתוֹךְ מֹחַ הַשּׁוֹמֵעַ. וְאַף־עַל־פִּי שֶׁזֶּהוּ תְּפִיסָה, כִּבְיָכוֹל, בִּבְחִינַת (שיר השירים ז׳:ו׳): מֶלֶךְ אָסוּר בָּרְהָטִים – בִּרְהִיטֵי מֹחִין (סוף התיקונים תיקון ו' דף ה). אָסוּר דַּיְקָא, שֶׁמַּה שֶּׁנִּמְשָׁךְ אֱלֹקוּתוֹ יִתְבָּרַךְ, כִּבְיָכוֹל, בִּרְהִיטֵי מֹחִין הוּא בְּחִינַת תְּפִיסָה, בְּחִינַת (תהילים ס״ח:י״ט) שָׁבִיתָ שֶׁבִי, אַף־עַל־פִּי־כֵן הוּא נַיְחָא לְהַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ, שֶׁיִּהְיֶה נִמְשָׁךְ, כִּבְיָכוֹל, עַל־יְדֵי הַתּוֹרָה, אַף־עַל־פִּי שֶׁהוּא בְּחִינַת תְּפִיסָה.
אֲבָל כְּשֶׁלּוֹמֵד תּוֹרָה לְתַלְמִיד שֶׁאֵינוֹ הָגוּן, וּמַמְשִׁיךְ אֱלֹקוּתוֹ יִתְבָּרַךְ לְתוֹךְ מֹחַ שֶׁלּוֹ, זֶהוּ תְּפִיסָה מַמָּשׁ, וְעַל־כֵּן עָנְשׁוֹ תְּפִיסָה. וְעַל־כֵּן סָבַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחַאי, שֶׁעַל־יְדֵי־זֶה נִתְפַּס רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא בַּתְּפִיסָה כַּנַּ"ל, כִּי עַל־יְדֵי הַתְּפִיסָה יִתְתַּקֵּן, וְיִזְדַּכְּכוּ הַדִּבּוּרִים שֶׁהִכְנִיס לְתַלְמִידִים שֶׁאֵינָם הֲגוּנִים, בִּבְחִינַת (בראשית מ״ב:ט״ז): וְאַתֶּם הֵאָסְרוּ וְיִבָּחֲנוּ דִּבְרֵיכֶם. וְעַל־כֵּן אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחַאי לְרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא, שֶׁיְּלַמְּדוֹ תּוֹרָה, וְעַל־יְדֵי־זֶה שֶׁיְּלַמֵּד עַתָּה לְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחַאי, עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה יִתְתַּקֵּן פְּגַם הַנַּ"ל, שֶׁלִּמֵּד תּוֹרָה לְתַלְמִידִים שֶׁאֵינָם מְהֻגָּנִים:
וְאִם לָאו, אֲנִי אוֹמֵר וְכוּ' – אֲנִי אוֹמֵר דַּיְקָא, הַיְנוּ שֶׁרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אָמַר לְרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא, שֶׁאִם הוּא אֵינוֹ רוֹצֶה לְלַמְּדוֹ תּוֹרָה, אֲזַי אֲנִי אוֹמֵר תּוֹרָה.
וְזֶהוּ: אֲנִי אוֹמֵר לְיוֹחַאי אַבָּא, כִּי כָל חִדּוּשֵׁי הַתּוֹרָה שֶׁמְּגַלִּין, עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה מְגַלִּין חֲסָדִים, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (כתובות צו): כָּל הַמּוֹנֵעַ תַּלְמִידוֹ מִלְּשַׁמְּשׁוֹ, כְּאִלּוּ מוֹנֵעַ מִמֶּנּוּ חֶסֶד, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: לַמָּס מֵרֵעֵהוּ חָסֶד.
וְיֵשׁ בְּכָל אֶחָד חֲסָדִים וּגְבוּרוֹת: חֲסָדִים מִצַּד הָאָב וְכוּ' . וְרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא לֹא הָיָה לוֹ מִצַּד הָאָב חֲסָדִים, כִּי הָיָה בֶּן גֵּרִים, וְלֹא הָיָה לוֹ זְכוּת אָבוֹת, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (ברכות כז:), שֶׁלֹּא רָצוּ לְמַנּוֹתוֹ נָשִׂיא לְרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא, מִשּׁוּם דְּלֵית לֵהּ זְכוּת אָבוֹת. וְסָבַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, שֶׁרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אֵין רוֹצֶה לוֹמַר תּוֹרָה מֵחֲמַת זֶה, מֵחֲמַת שֶׁאֵין לוֹ חֲסָדִים מִצַּד הָאָב. אֲבָל רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחַאי בְּוַדַּאי הָיָה לוֹ חֲסָדִים מִצַּד אָבִיו רַבִּי יוֹחַאי, (שֶׁהָיָה גָּדוֹל בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל), וְעַל־כֵּן אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן: וְאִם לָאו, אֲנִי אוֹמֵר לְיוֹחַאי אַבָּא, הַיְנוּ שֶׁאֲנִי אוֹמַר לְהַתּוֹרָה שֶׁהוּא בְּחִינַת יוֹחַאי אַבָּא, בְּחִינַת הַחֲסָדִים מִצַּד הָאָב, שֶׁמִּשָּׁם הִתְגַּלּוּת הַתּוֹרָה, כִּי הִתְגַּלּוּת הַתּוֹרָה הוּא הִתְגַּלּוּת הַחֲסָדִים כַּנַּ"ל.
וְזֶהוּ: וּמוֹסֶרְךָ לַמַּלְכוּת – כִּי רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אָמַר, שֶׁזֶּה שֶׁרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אֵינוֹ רוֹצֶה לוֹמַר תּוֹרָה וּלְגַלּוֹת הַחֲסָדִים, וְעַל־יְדֵי הִתְגַּלּוּת הַחֲסָדִים עַל־יְדֵי הַתּוֹרָה שֶׁהָיָה רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר עַתָּה, הָיָה מְתַקֵּן פְּגָם הַנַּ"ל, שֶׁלִּמֵד תּוֹרָה לְתַלְמִידִים שֶׁאֵינָם הֲגוּנִים. אַךְ רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אֵינוֹ רוֹצֶה לְגַלּוֹת חִדּוּשֵׁי־תוֹרָה וּלְגַלּוֹת הַחֲסָדִים, מֵחֲמַת שֶׁאֵין לוֹ חֲסָדִים מִצַּד הָאָב. וְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אָמַר, שֶׁזֶּהוּ רַק מֵחֲמַת עֲנִיווּת שֶׁל רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא, שֶׁמֵּחֲמַת עַנְוְתָנוּתוֹ שֶׁל רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא הוּא סוֹבֵר שֶׁאֵין יָכוֹל לְגַלּוֹת תּוֹרָה מֵחֲמַת שֶׁאֵין לוֹ חֲסָדִים מִצַּד הָאָב, וְאֵין יָכוֹל לְתַקֵּן פְּגָם הַנַּ"ל כִּי־אִם עַל־יְדֵי הַתְּפִיסָה, כִּי הַתְּפִיסָה הוּא תִּקּוּן וְזִכּוּךְ לְהַדִּבּוּרִים כַּנַּ"ל.
אֲבָל בֶּאֱמֶת רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא הוּא רַבִּי גָּדוֹל כָּזֶה, שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ חֲסָדִים מִצַּד עַצְמוֹ, וְאֵין צָרִיךְ לִזְכוּת אָבוֹת כְּלָל, וְיָכוֹל רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא לְגַלּוֹת תּוֹרָה עַל־יְדֵי הַחֲסָדִים שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ מִצַּד עַצְמוֹ לְבַד, וְעַל־יְדֵי־זֶה יְתַקֵּן פְּגָם הַנַּ"ל, כַּנַּ"ל.
וְעַל־כֵּן אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן: אֲנִי אוֹמֵר וְכוּ', הַיְנוּ שֶׁאֲנִי אוֹמֵר תּוֹרָה, שֶׁיֵּשׁ לִי חֲסָדִים מִצַּד הָאָב, וְעַל־יְדֵי־זֶה יָבִיא אֶת רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא לְתוֹךְ בְּחִינַת גַּדְלוּת, עַד שֶׁיֻּכְרַח רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא בְּעַל־כָּרְחוֹ לוֹמַר תּוֹרָה, כִּי בֶּאֱמֶת רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא יָכוֹל בְּוַדַּאי לְגַלּוֹת תּוֹרָה, אַף־עַל־פִּי שֶׁאֵין לוֹ זְכוּת אָבוֹת, כִּי רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא גָּדוֹל כָּל־כָּךְ, שֶׁיָּכוֹל לְגַלּוֹת תּוֹרָה עַל־יְדֵי חֲסָדִים שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ מִצַּד עַצְמוֹ, רַק שֶׁהוּא עָנָו, וְעַל־יְדֵי שֶׁיְּגַלֶּה רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן תַּלְמִידוֹ תּוֹרָה שֶׁהוּא יֵשׁ לוֹ חֲסָדִים מִצַּד הָאָב, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה יָבִיא אֶת רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא לִבְחִינַת גַּדְלוּת, עַד שֶׁיֻּכְרַח בְּעַל־כָּרְחוֹ לוֹמַר תּוֹרָה אַף־עַל־פִּי שֶׁאֵינוֹ רוֹצֶה.
וְזֶהוּ: וְאִם לָאו, הַיְנוּ שֶׁאָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן לְרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא: אִם אֵין אַתָּה רוֹצֶה לוֹמַר תּוֹרָה, וְזֶהוּ מֵחֲמַת עַנְוְתָנוּתְךָ, אֲזַי אֲנִי אוֹמֵר לְיוֹחַאי אַבָּא, הַיְנוּ שֶׁאֲנִי אוֹמֵר תּוֹרָה, כִּי יֵשׁ לִי חֲסָדִים מִצַּד הָאָב כַּנַּ"ל, וּמוֹסֶרְךָ לַמַּלְכוּת, שֶׁאָבִיא אוֹתְךָ וְאֶמְסָרְךָ בְּעַל־כָּרְחָךָ לַמַּלְכוּת, לִבְחִינַת גַּדְלוּת, וְתִהְיֶה מֻכְרָח בְּעַל־כָּרְחָךָ לְגַלּוֹת תּוֹרָה, שֶׁהִיא הִתְגַּלּוּת הַחֲסָדִים כַּנַּ"ל. כִּי עַל־יְדֵי שֶׁרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחַאי תַּלְמִידוֹ יֹאמַר תּוֹרָה, עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה יָבִיא אֶת רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא לִבְחִינַת גַּדְלוּת בְּעַל־כָּרְחוֹ, וְיֻכְרַח לוֹמַר תּוֹרָה, שֶׁהוּא הִתְגַּלּוּת הַחֲסָדִים, שֶׁהוּא תִּקּוּן פְּגָם הַנַּ"ל:
(וְלֹא בֵּאֵר אֵיךְ עַל־יְדֵי הִתְגַּלּוּת הַתּוֹרָה שֶׁמְּגַלֶּה חֲסָדִים, עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה יִתְתַּקֵּן פְּגָם הַנַּ"ל. גַּם לֹא בֵּאֵר אֵיךְ עַל־יְדֵי הַתַּלְמִיד שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ זְכוּת אָבוֹת, כְּשֶׁמְּגַלֶּה תּוֹרָה, עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה יִהְיֶה רַבּוֹ מֻכְרָח לָבוֹא בְּגַדְלוּת וְלוֹמַר תּוֹרָה).
וְזֶהוּ: וּמוֹסֶרְךָ לַמַּלְכוּת – מְסִירָה הוּא לְשׁוֹן בְּעַל־כָּרְחוֹ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב (במדבר ל״א:ה׳): וַיִּמָּסְרוּ מֵאַלְפֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל – פֵּרֵשׁ רַשִׁ"י: שֶׁנִּמְסְרוּ בְּעַל־כָּרְחָם. כִּי רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחַאי יָבִיא אֶת רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא בְּעַל־כָּרְחוֹ לִבְחִינַת גַּדְלוּת עַל־יְדֵי שֶׁהוּא יֹאמַר תּוֹרָה כַּנַּ"ל:
Hebrew text: Likutei Moharan Tinyana - rabenubook.com via Sefaria (Public Domain) · Sefaria. Names of Hashem are written in the customary form.
Transcripts
1-minute recap
Likutey Moharan Tinyana, Torah sixty: wars, rain, and the teacher in prison.
Rain is made from the mists that rise from the earth. War turns those mists into bloodshed, so the rain is held back.
Rain comes through the honour of the Torah. Teaching Torah to unworthy students is its reverse.
So Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai told his teacher in prison: teach me Torah. Teaching a worthy student would repair the flaw.
And if not, I will speak: his own Torah, from kindness on his father's side, would lift his humble teacher into greatness.
Our own reflection: the Torah we share is precious. Give it with honour, and let a good student's light raise you too.
Explainer
Likutey Moharan Tinyana, Torah sixty. Why do wars bring drought and high prices? And why did Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai speak so sharply to his teacher, Rabbi Akiva, in prison? The Rebbe ties the two together.
When there are wars in the world, the Rebbe says, prices must rise. War stirs the curse of Kayin: when you work the soil, it will no longer give you its strength. That curse was spoken over bloodshed, and the earth answers for it.
Why the earth? Because rain begins below. A mist rose from the earth and watered the ground: the vapours that rise from the land are what become rain.
When there is bloodshed, those very mists are turned into bloodshed. The prophet calls a time of slaughter eidam, the same word as mist. So rain does not fall, the land gives less, and prices climb. And the reverse is true too: the Sages say that when rain falls, even armies stop.
Then a puzzle from the Gemara. Rabbi Akiva was in prison, and his student Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai said to him: Rebbi, teach me Torah; and if not, I will tell Yochai my father, and hand you over to the government. How could a student speak this way to his teacher? Rabbi Akiva surely had good reason to refuse. And he was already in prison!
The answer starts with rain. Rain comes through the honour of the Torah: the glory of Hashem appeared in the cloud, and clouds bring rain. But teaching Torah to an unworthy student is like throwing a stone to Markulis, an idol, whose name the Sages read as the reverse of honour. So it holds the rain back.
That is the verse: like rain in the harvest, so honour does not suit a fool. Giving the Torah's honour to a fool spoils the rain, so it falls out of season, when it does harm.
Now, a new Torah insight draws the presence of Hashem down, as it were, into the listener's mind. The Rebbe calls this a kind of captivity: a king bound in the channels of the mind. Hashem is pleased to be drawn down through Torah, even so. But drawing it into an unworthy mind is real captivity.
So Rabbi Shimon saw why Rabbi Akiva had been imprisoned. Rabbi Akiva had taught great crowds in public, and unworthy people heard. Prison refines those words, as Yosef said: be held, so that your words may be tested. And teaching Torah now, to a worthy student, would repair the flaw. So: teach me Torah.
But Rabbi Akiva held back. Revealing Torah reveals chasadim, kindness, and kindness comes from the father's side. Rabbi Akiva came from converts and had no ancestral merit, so in his humility he felt he could not do it. In truth, says the Rebbe, he was so great that he had kindness of his own.
So Rabbi Shimon said: if not, I will speak. I have kindness from my father, Yochai, and I will speak Torah myself. That will bring you into gadlus, an expanded mind, until you must teach. That is: I will hand you over to malchus. Handing over means against one's will, as Rashi explains.
Some reflections of our own, not a quotation. Torah is honour; we should share it with care. And a teacher can be lifted by his students, when they speak the Torah they received.
Full shiur
— Part 1: When Wars Hold Back the Rain —
Likutey Moharan Tinyana, Torah sixty: wars, rain, and the teacher in prison. A shiur in three parts. Part one: when wars hold back the rain.
Gold is Rebbe Nachman's own words, from Likutey Moharan Tinyana, Torah sixty. Grey is a verse or teaching he quotes. Green is our own explanation. The Hebrew is the public-domain text from Sefaria; the English is our own paraphrase.
When there are wars in the world, reason says prices will rise. For the curse of Kayin is stirred: 'when you work the soil, it will no longer give you its strength', because of the bloodshed in the world. That curse was said about bloodshed; the earth is held to account when blood is spilled. For rain is made from the mists that rise from the land, as is written: 'a mist went up from the earth and watered all the face of the ground'. From those rising mists the rain is formed.
Our explanation. Kayin spilled the first blood, and his curse fell on the soil itself: it would no longer give him its strength. The Rebbe says that every war, with its bloodshed, wakes that same curse, and the earth again holds back.
But when there are wars and bloodshed, those mists become bloodshed. This is the verse: 'you delivered the Children of Israel to the sword, at the time of their calamity', eidam: that is, the mists, eidim, through which blood is spilled. So too with several nations, Egypt, Ammon and Moav: when their downfall was foretold, it says 'at the time of their eid', the mists that turn into bloodshed.
Our explanation. Rain does not only come down; it first goes up, as mist from the earth. The Rebbe says that when blood is spilled, the earth is answerable, and the mist meant for rain is turned aside.
So when there are wars and bloodshed, the earth gives its strength over to that. The mists that rise from it become bloodshed, and therefore rain does not fall: rain is made from the mists, and now the mists have been made into something else, bloodshed. This is what the Sages said: at a time of rain, even armies halt. When rain comes, the troops and the wars stop.
Our explanation, step by step. War and bloodshed come first. The mists that should become rain are turned into bloodshed. So rain is held back, the land gives less, and prices rise. And the reverse: when rain falls, armies stop.
Section two. Connected to this is what the Sages said. When Rabbi Akiva was in prison, Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai said to him: 'Rebbi, teach me Torah; and if not, I will tell Yochai my father, and hand you over to the government.' These words are very puzzling: how could Rabbi Shimon say such a thing to his teacher? And if Rabbi Akiva would not teach him, he surely meant it for good. And he was already in prison: how could he be handed over further?
Our explanation. The Rebbe sets up the puzzle sharply. Three things do not fit: the threat itself, the refusal of a great teacher, and handing over someone already in prison. The rest of the Torah answers all three, starting from rain.
— Part 2: The Honour of the Torah —
Part two: the honour of the Torah, and why Rabbi Akiva was in prison.
Section three. But know: when someone says Torah in public and unworthy students hear it, this too brings a holding back of rain. For rain comes through the honour of the Torah, as in 'and the glory of Hashem appeared in the cloud', and through the cloud the rain comes. This is 'the Kel of glory thunders, Hashem is upon many waters': the rains that come through the glory of Hashem, the honour of the Torah.
And of one who teaches Torah to an unworthy student, the Sages said he is like one who throws a stone to Markulis, an idol. And the Sages explained that Markulis means 'mar kilus', the opposite of honour. So teaching Torah to an unworthy student is the reverse of honour, and therefore it brings a holding back of rain, the reverse of the honour through which rain comes.
This is 'like rain in the harvest, so honour does not suit a fool'. Teaching Torah to an unworthy student is 'giving honour to a fool': he gives the honour of the Torah to a fool, an unworthy student, and so he spoils the rains. 'Like rain in the harvest' means spoiled rain, falling out of its season, for at harvest time rain actually does harm. 'So honour does not suit a fool': for that itself spoils the rains.
Our explanation. Rain and the honour of the Torah go together, like the glory of Hashem in the cloud. Torah handed to someone unworthy is honour turned upside down, and the rain answers: it is held back, or falls when it only harms.
Section four. This is what Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai said to Rabbi Akiva: 'Teach me Torah; and if not, I will tell…' For Rabbi Akiva would gather great assemblies and teach in public, and Rabbi Shimon reasoned that this was why he had been put in prison: because he taught in public, and people who were not worthy heard him.
For through new Torah insights that are revealed, Elokus, the presence of Hashem, is drawn down, as it were. As is written: 'and let them take for Me an offering': when you want to take Me and draw Me down, it is possible only through the Torah. Through the Torah He is drawn down, as it were.
And where is Elokus drawn? Into the mind of the listener. And this is a kind of captivity, as it were, as in 'a king bound in the tresses', in the channels of the mind: 'bound', precisely. For His presence drawn into the channels of the mind is a kind of captivity, as in 'you have taken captives'. Even so, it pleases Hashem to be drawn down, as it were, through the Torah, though it is like captivity.
But when one teaches Torah to an unworthy student and draws His presence into that student's mind, that is real captivity, and so his punishment is captivity. So Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai reasoned that this was why Rabbi Akiva was imprisoned: through the imprisonment, the words he had placed in unworthy students would be repaired and refined, as in 'and you shall be held in prison, so that your words may be tested'.
So Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai told Rabbi Akiva to teach him Torah. For by teaching Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai now, that flaw would be repaired: the flaw of having taught Torah to students who were not worthy.
Our explanation. Every new Torah thought draws the light of Hashem into the listener's mind, and the Rebbe calls even that a kind of captivity. In a worthy mind, Hashem desires it. In an unworthy mind it is real captivity, and so the teacher's prison repairs it. Teaching a worthy student would repair it too.
— Part 3: I Will Speak to Yochai My Father —
Part three: 'I will speak to Yochai my father'. Kindness from the father's side, and Rabbi Akiva's humility.
Section five. 'And if not, I will speak': precisely, 'I will speak'. Rabbi Shimon told Rabbi Akiva that if he did not want to teach him Torah, then 'I', Rabbi Shimon, 'will speak' Torah.
This is 'I will speak to Yochai my father'. For all the new Torah insights that are revealed reveal chasadim, kindnesses, as the Sages said: whoever keeps his student from serving him is as if he withholds kindness from him, as is said, 'to one who withholds kindness from his friend'.
Every person has chasadim and gevuros, kindnesses and strengths; the kindnesses come from the father's side. Rabbi Akiva had no kindness from the father's side, for he was a son of converts and had no merit of ancestors, as the Sages said: they did not want to appoint Rabbi Akiva as Nasi, because he had no ancestral merit.
Rabbi Shimon reasoned that this was why Rabbi Akiva did not want to say Torah: because he had no kindness from the father's side. But Rabbi Shimon surely had kindness from his father, Rabbi Yochai, a great man in Israel. So he said: 'if not, I will speak to Yochai my father': I will speak the Torah that is 'Yochai my father', the kindness from the father's side, the source of revealed Torah; for revealing Torah is revealing kindness.
Our explanation. Saying new Torah means revealing chasadim, kindness, and kindness is linked with the father's side. Rabbi Akiva came from converts, so Rabbi Shimon understood why he held back. Rabbi Shimon, son of the great Rabbi Yochai, had that kindness from his father.
This is 'and hand you over to the government'. Rabbi Shimon was saying: Rabbi Akiva does not want to say Torah and reveal kindness, though by revealing kindness through the Torah he would say now, he would repair that flaw of having taught Torah to unworthy students.
But Rabbi Akiva would not reveal new Torah and kindness, since he had no kindness from the father's side. And Rabbi Shimon said this was only from Rabbi Akiva's humility: in his humility he thought he could not reveal Torah without kindness from the father's side, and could repair the flaw only through prison, for prison repairs and refines the words.
But in truth Rabbi Akiva is so great a teacher that he has kindness of his own, and needs no ancestral merit at all. He can reveal Torah through the kindness he has in himself alone, and so repair that flaw.
So Rabbi Shimon said 'I will speak': I will speak Torah, for I have kindness from the father's side, and by this I will bring Rabbi Akiva into gadlus, an expanded mind, until he is compelled, even against his will, to say Torah. For truly Rabbi Akiva can surely reveal Torah without ancestral merit; he is great enough to do it through his own kindness. Only, he is humble.
And when Rabbi Shimon, his student, who has kindness from the father's side, reveals Torah, he will bring Rabbi Akiva into gadlus, until he is compelled to say Torah even though he does not want to.
Malchus means both the government and kingship, a state of greatness. This is 'and if not': Rabbi Shimon said to Rabbi Akiva, if you do not want to say Torah, and it is from your humility, then 'I will speak to Yochai my father': I will say Torah, for I have kindness from the father's side. 'And hand you over to malchus': I will bring you, against your will, to malchus, to gadlus, and you will be compelled to reveal Torah, which is the revealing of kindness.
For when Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai, his student, says Torah, he will bring Rabbi Akiva into gadlus against his will, and he will be compelled to say Torah, which reveals kindness and repairs that flaw.
A note in the text: He did not explain how revealing Torah, which reveals kindness, repairs that flaw. Nor did he explain how, when a student with ancestral merit reveals Torah, his teacher is compelled to come into gadlus and say Torah.
This is 'and hand you over to the government': handing over means against one's will, as is written, 'and they were handed over from the thousands of Israel', and Rashi explains: handed over against their will. For Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai would bring Rabbi Akiva into gadlus against his will, by saying Torah himself.
Our explanation, step by step. Teach me Torah: teaching a worthy student repairs the flaw. If not, I will speak Torah myself, from my father's kindness. And I will hand you over to malchus: my Torah will lift you into greatness, until you teach after all. The threat was really an act of love.
Some reflections of our own, not a quotation. Torah is honour, so share it with care. Humility is precious, but it must not silence the Torah you can give. And a student's light can lift his teacher, too.
This has been Likutey Moharan Tinyana, Torah sixty.
Sources for this Torah
Texts used
Hebrew: Likutei Moharan Tinyana (Part II), Torah 60, edition 'Likutei Moharan Tinyana – rabenubook.com', public domain, via Sefaria — https://www.sefaria.org/Likutei_Moharan%2C_Part_II.60
English: our own paraphrase of the Hebrew, written for these videos. It is not copied from any published translation.
Verses and teachings of the Sages appear only as Rebbe Nachman quotes them inside this Torah.
How the text is shown
The Divine Name is shown as ה' and voiced as Hashem. Other Names are written in the customary form (אֱלֹקִים, קֵ-ל, קָהּ, שַׁ-דַּ-י, אֲדֹ-נָ-י, אֶקְיֶ-ה, צְבָקוֹת). No full Name is written or voiced.
Parenthetical source references inside the printed Hebrew are left off the screen to save space; the citation line names the source instead.
Long paragraphs are shown in consecutive pieces. Every Hebrew word on screen is from the edition above; nothing is reworded.
Cards labelled EXPLANATION (green), and every line marked 'our own reflection — not a quote', are our own words, not quotations.
Every on-screen quotation in the full shiur, by part
Part 1 — When Wars Hold Back the Rain
Scene 3 · LM II:60 §1, on Bereishis 4:12 and 2:6 · paragraph §1.1
כְּשֶׁיֵּשׁ מִלְחָמוֹת בָּעוֹלָם, הַשֵּׂכֶל מְחַיֵּב שֶׁיִּהְיֶה יַקְרוּת, כִּי נִתְעוֹרֵר הַקְּלָלָה שֶׁל קַיִן: כִּי תַעֲבֹד אֶת הָאֲדָמָה לֹא תֹסֶף תֵּת כֹּחָהּ לָךְ, עַל־יְדֵי הַשְּׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּעוֹלָם. כִּי קְלָלָה זוֹ נֶאֶמְרָה עַל שְׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים, כִּי הָאֲדָמָה הִיא חַיֶּבֶת בָּזֶה כְּשֶׁיֵּשׁ שְׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים. כִּי הַגְּשָׁמִים נַעֲשִׂין עַל־יְדֵי הָאֵדִים הָעוֹלִים מִן הָאָרֶץ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב: וְאֵד יַעֲלֶה מִן הָאָרֶץ וְהִשְׁקָה אֶת כָּל פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה, כִּי מִן הָאֵדִים הָעוֹלִים מִן הָאָרֶץ, מִזֶּה נַעֲשִׂים גְּשָׁמִים,
EN (our paraphrase): When there are wars in the world, reason says prices will rise. For the curse of Kayin is stirred: 'when you work the soil, it will no longer give you its strength', because of the bloodshed in the world. That curse was said about bloodshed; the earth is held to account when blood is spilled. For rain is made from the mists that rise from the land, as is written: 'a mist went up from the earth and watered all the face of the ground'. From those rising mists the rain is formed.
Scene 5 · LM II:60 §1, on Yechezkel 35:5 · paragraph §1.2
וּכְשֶׁיֵּשׁ מִלְחָמוֹת וּשְׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים, אֲזַי נַעֲשֶׂה מִן הָאֵדִים הַנַּ"ל שְׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים. וְזֶה שֶׁכָּתוּב: וַתַּגֵּר אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל־יְדֵי חָרֶב בְּעֵת אֵידָם, הַיְנוּ בְּחִינַת אֵדִים הַנַּ"ל, שֶׁעַל־יָדָם נַעֲשֶׂה הַשְּׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים. וְכֵן בְּכַמָּה אֻמּוֹת: מִצְרַיִם וְעַמּוֹן וּמוֹאָב, כְּשֶׁנִּבָּא עַל מַפַּלְתָּם, נֶאֱמַר שָׁם: בְּעֵת אֵידָם – בְּחִינַת אֵדִים הַנַּ"ל, שֶׁעַל־יָדָם נַעֲשֶׂה הַשְּׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים כַּנַּ"ל.
EN (our paraphrase): But when there are wars and bloodshed, those mists become bloodshed. This is the verse: 'you delivered the Children of Israel to the sword, at the time of their calamity', eidam: that is, the mists, eidim, through which blood is spilled. So too with several nations, Egypt, Ammon and Moav: when their downfall was foretold, it says 'at the time of their eid', the mists that turn into bloodshed.
Scene 7 · LM II:60 §1, on Taanis 8b · paragraph §1.3
וְעַל־כֵּן כְּשֶׁיֵּשׁ מִלְחָמוֹת וּשְׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים, אֲזַי הָאֲדָמָה נוֹתֶנֶת כֹּחָהּ לְשָׁם, כִּי מִן הָאֵדִים הָעוֹלִים מִמֶּנָּה נַעֲשֶׂה הַשְּׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים, וְעַל־כֵּן אֵין יוֹרְדִין גְּשָׁמִים, כִּי הַגְּשָׁמִים נַעֲשִׂין מִן הָאֵדִים, וְעַכְשָׁו נַעֲשֶׂה מִן הָאֵדִים עִנְיָן אַחֵר, דְּהַיְנוּ שְׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים כַּנַּ"ל. וְזֶה שֶׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה: בִּשְׁעַת גְּשָׁמִים אֲפִלּוּ גְּיָסוֹת פּוֹסְקוֹת בּוֹ. כִּי כְּשֶׁיֵּשׁ גְּשָׁמִים, נִפְסָקִים הַגְּיָסוֹת וְהַמִּלְחָמוֹת כַּנַּ"ל:
EN (our paraphrase): So when there are wars and bloodshed, the earth gives its strength over to that. The mists that rise from it become bloodshed, and therefore rain does not fall: rain is made from the mists, and now the mists have been made into something else, bloodshed. This is what the Sages said: at a time of rain, even armies halt. When rain comes, the troops and the wars stop.
Scene 9 · Pesachim 112a, as quoted in LM II:60 §2 · paragraph §2.1
וְלָזֶה מְקֻשָּׁר מַה שֶּׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה: כְּשֶׁהָיָה רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא בַּתְּפִיסָה, אָמַר לוֹ רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחַאי: רַבִּי, לַמְּדֵנִי תּוֹרָה, וְאִם לָאו, אֲנִי אוֹמֵר לְיוֹחַאי אַבָּא וּמוֹסֶרְךָ לַמַּלְכוּת. וְהַדְּבָרִים תְּמוּהִים מְאֹד מְאֹד, שֶׁרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן יֹאמַר כַּדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה לְרַבּוֹ, שֶׁיִּמְסְרוֹ לַמַּלְכוּת. וְגַם כִּי מִסְּתָמָא כְּשֶׁרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא רַבּוֹ לֹא רָצָה לְלַמְּדוֹ, בְּוַדַּאי כִּוֵּן לְטוֹבָה. וְגַם הֲלֹא כְּבָר הָיָה תָּפוּס בַּתְּפִיסָה, וּמַה יִּמְסְרֵהוּ עוֹד:
EN (our paraphrase): Connected to this is what the Sages said. When Rabbi Akiva was in prison, Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai said to him: 'Rebbi, teach me Torah; and if not, I will tell Yochai my father, and hand you over to the government.' These words are very puzzling: how could Rabbi Shimon say such a thing to his teacher? And if Rabbi Akiva would not teach him, he surely meant it for good. And he was already in prison: how could he be handed over further?
Part 2 — The Honour of the Torah
Scene 2 · LM II:60 §3, on Shemos 16:10 and Tehillim 29:3 · paragraph §3.1
אַךְ דַּע, כִּי גַּם עַל־יְדֵי מִי שֶׁאוֹמֵר תּוֹרָה בָּרַבִּים, וְשׁוֹמְעִים תַּלְמִידִים שֶׁאֵינָם הֲגוּנִים, עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה בָּא גַם־כֵּן עֲצִירַת גְּשָׁמִים, כִּי עַל־יְדֵי כְּבוֹד הַתּוֹרָה בָּא גְּשָׁמִים, בִּבְחִינַת: וּכְבוֹד ה' נִרְאָה בֶּעָנָן, וְעַל־יְדֵי הֶעָנָן בָּא גְּשָׁמִים. וְזֶה בְּחִינַת: קֵל הַכָּבוֹד הִרְעִים, ה' עַל מַיִם רַבִּים; הַיְנוּ בְּחִינַת גְּשָׁמִים שֶׁבָּאִים עַל־יְדֵי כְּבוֹד ה', בְּחִינַת כְּבוֹד הַתּוֹרָה.
EN (our paraphrase): But know: when someone says Torah in public and unworthy students hear it, this too brings a holding back of rain. For rain comes through the honour of the Torah, as in 'and the glory of Hashem appeared in the cloud', and through the cloud the rain comes. This is 'the Kel of glory thunders, Hashem is upon many waters': the rains that come through the glory of Hashem, the honour of the Torah.
Scene 3 · Chullin 133a, as quoted in LM II:60 §3 · paragraph §3.2
וְהַלּוֹמֵד תּוֹרָה לְתַלְמִיד שֶׁאֵינוֹ הָגוּן, אָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה שֶׁהוּא כְּזוֹרֵק אֶבֶן לְמַרְקוּלִיס, וּפֵרְשׁוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה, שֶׁמַּרְקוּלִיס פֵּרוּשׁוֹ: מַר קִלּוּס, הַיְנוּ חִלּוּף הַכָּבוֹד. נִמְצָא כְּשֶׁלּוֹמֵד תּוֹרָה לְתַלְמִיד שֶׁאֵינוֹ הָגוּן, הוּא הֶפֶךְ הַכָּבוֹד, וְעַל־כֵּן בָּא עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה עֲצִירַת גְּשָׁמִים, הֶפֶךְ הַכָּבוֹד, שֶׁעַל־יָדוֹ בָּאִין גְּשָׁמִים.
EN (our paraphrase): And of one who teaches Torah to an unworthy student, the Sages said he is like one who throws a stone to Markulis, an idol. And the Sages explained that Markulis means 'mar kilus', the opposite of honour. So teaching Torah to an unworthy student is the reverse of honour, and therefore it brings a holding back of rain, the reverse of the honour through which rain comes.
Scene 4 · LM II:60 §3, on Mishlei 26:1 and 26:8 · paragraph §3.3
וְזֶה בְּחִינַת: כַּמָּטָר בַּקָּצִיר כֵּן לֹא נָאוֶה לִכְסִיל כָּבוֹד, הַיְנוּ כְּשֶׁלּוֹמֵד תּוֹרָה לְתַלְמִיד שֶׁאֵינוֹ הָגוּן, שֶׁזֶּה בְּחִינַת: נוֹתֵן לִכְסִיל כָּבוֹד, שֶׁנּוֹתֵן כְּבוֹד הַתּוֹרָה לִכְסִיל, דְּהַיְנוּ תַּלְמִיד שֶׁאֵינוֹ הָגוּן, וְעַל־יְדֵי־זֶה מְקַלְקֵל הַגְּשָׁמִים. וְזֶהוּ: כַּמָּטָר בַּקָּצִיר, הַיְנוּ קִלְקוּל הַגְּשָׁמִים שֶׁיּוֹרְדִין שֶׁלֹּא בְּעוֹנָתָן. כִּי בִּשְׁעַת הַקָּצִיר, אֲזַי אַדְּרַבָּא, מַזִּיק הַמָּטָר – כֵּן לֹא נָאוֶה לִכְסִיל כָּבוֹד, כִּי עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה בְּעַצְמוֹ הוּא קִלְקוּל הַגְּשָׁמִים כַּנַּ"ל:
EN (our paraphrase): This is 'like rain in the harvest, so honour does not suit a fool'. Teaching Torah to an unworthy student is 'giving honour to a fool': he gives the honour of the Torah to a fool, an unworthy student, and so he spoils the rains. 'Like rain in the harvest' means spoiled rain, falling out of its season, for at harvest time rain actually does harm. 'So honour does not suit a fool': for that itself spoils the rains.
Scene 6 · LM II:60 §4 · paragraph §4.1
וְזֶה שֶׁאָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחַאי לְרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא: לַמְּדֵנִי תּוֹרָה, וְאִם לָאו, אֲנִי אוֹמֵר וְכוּ'. כִּי רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא הָיָה מַקְהִיל קְהִלּוֹת וְדוֹרֵשׁ בָּרַבִּים, וְסָבַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, שֶׁמִפְּנֵי זֶה נִתְפַּס בַּתְּפִיסָה, מֵחֲמַת שֶׁהָיָה דּוֹרֵשׁ בָּרַבִּים, וְשָׁמְעוּ בְּנֵי־אָדָם שֶׁאֵינָם מְהֻגָּנִים.
EN (our paraphrase): This is what Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai said to Rabbi Akiva: 'Teach me Torah; and if not, I will tell…' For Rabbi Akiva would gather great assemblies and teach in public, and Rabbi Shimon reasoned that this was why he had been put in prison: because he taught in public, and people who were not worthy heard him.
Scene 7 · LM II:60 §4, on Shemos 25:2 · paragraph §4.2
כִּי עַל־יְדֵי חִדּוּשֵׁי־תוֹרָה שֶׁמְּגַלִּין, עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה נִמְשָׁךְ אֱלֹקוּת, כִּבְיָכוֹל, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב: וְיִקְחוּ לִי תְּרוּמָה, הַיְנוּ כְּשֶׁתִּרְצוּ לִקַּח וּלְהַמְשִׁיךְ אוֹתִי, אִי אֶפְשָׁר כִּי־אִם עַל־יְדֵי הַתּוֹרָה, כִּי עַל־יְדֵי הַתּוֹרָה מַמְשִׁיכִין אוֹתוֹ, כִּבְיָכוֹל.
EN (our paraphrase): For through new Torah insights that are revealed, Elokus, the presence of Hashem, is drawn down, as it were. As is written: 'and let them take for Me an offering': when you want to take Me and draw Me down, it is possible only through the Torah. Through the Torah He is drawn down, as it were.
Scene 8 · LM II:60 §4, on Shir HaShirim 7:6 and Tehillim 68:19 · paragraph §4.2
וּלְהֵיכָן נִמְשָׁךְ הָאֱלֹקוּת, לְתוֹךְ מֹחַ הַשּׁוֹמֵעַ. וְאַף־עַל־פִּי שֶׁזֶּהוּ תְּפִיסָה, כִּבְיָכוֹל, בִּבְחִינַת: מֶלֶךְ אָסוּר בָּרְהָטִים – בִּרְהִיטֵי מֹחִין. אָסוּר דַּיְקָא, שֶׁמַּה שֶּׁנִּמְשָׁךְ אֱלֹקוּתוֹ יִתְבָּרַךְ, כִּבְיָכוֹל, בִּרְהִיטֵי מֹחִין הוּא בְּחִינַת תְּפִיסָה, בְּחִינַת שָׁבִיתָ שֶׁבִי, אַף־עַל־פִּי־כֵן הוּא נַיְחָא לְהַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ, שֶׁיִּהְיֶה נִמְשָׁךְ, כִּבְיָכוֹל, עַל־יְדֵי הַתּוֹרָה, אַף־עַל־פִּי שֶׁהוּא בְּחִינַת תְּפִיסָה.
EN (our paraphrase): And where is Elokus drawn? Into the mind of the listener. And this is a kind of captivity, as it were, as in 'a king bound in the tresses', in the channels of the mind: 'bound', precisely. For His presence drawn into the channels of the mind is a kind of captivity, as in 'you have taken captives'. Even so, it pleases Hashem to be drawn down, as it were, through the Torah, though it is like captivity.
Scene 9 · LM II:60 §4, on Bereishis 42:16 · paragraph §4.3
אֲבָל כְּשֶׁלּוֹמֵד תּוֹרָה לְתַלְמִיד שֶׁאֵינוֹ הָגוּן, וּמַמְשִׁיךְ אֱלֹקוּתוֹ יִתְבָּרַךְ לְתוֹךְ מֹחַ שֶׁלּוֹ, זֶהוּ תְּפִיסָה מַמָּשׁ, וְעַל־כֵּן עָנְשׁוֹ תְּפִיסָה. וְעַל־כֵּן סָבַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחַאי, שֶׁעַל־יְדֵי־זֶה נִתְפַּס רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא בַּתְּפִיסָה כַּנַּ"ל, כִּי עַל־יְדֵי הַתְּפִיסָה יִתְתַּקֵּן, וְיִזְדַּכְּכוּ הַדִּבּוּרִים שֶׁהִכְנִיס לְתַלְמִידִים שֶׁאֵינָם הֲגוּנִים, בִּבְחִינַת: וְאַתֶּם הֵאָסְרוּ וְיִבָּחֲנוּ דִּבְרֵיכֶם.
EN (our paraphrase): But when one teaches Torah to an unworthy student and draws His presence into that student's mind, that is real captivity, and so his punishment is captivity. So Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai reasoned that this was why Rabbi Akiva was imprisoned: through the imprisonment, the words he had placed in unworthy students would be repaired and refined, as in 'and you shall be held in prison, so that your words may be tested'.
Scene 10 · LM II:60 §4 · paragraph §4.3
וְעַל־כֵּן אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחַאי לְרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא, שֶׁיְּלַמְּדוֹ תּוֹרָה, וְעַל־יְדֵי־זֶה שֶׁיְּלַמֵּד עַתָּה לְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחַאי, עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה יִתְתַּקֵּן פְּגַם הַנַּ"ל, שֶׁלִּמֵּד תּוֹרָה לְתַלְמִידִים שֶׁאֵינָם מְהֻגָּנִים:
EN (our paraphrase): So Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai told Rabbi Akiva to teach him Torah. For by teaching Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai now, that flaw would be repaired: the flaw of having taught Torah to students who were not worthy.
Part 3 — I Will Speak to Yochai My Father
Scene 2 · LM II:60 §5 · paragraph §5.1
וְאִם לָאו, אֲנִי אוֹמֵר וְכוּ' – אֲנִי אוֹמֵר דַּיְקָא, הַיְנוּ שֶׁרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אָמַר לְרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא, שֶׁאִם הוּא אֵינוֹ רוֹצֶה לְלַמְּדוֹ תּוֹרָה, אֲזַי אֲנִי אוֹמֵר תּוֹרָה.
EN (our paraphrase): 'And if not, I will speak': precisely, 'I will speak'. Rabbi Shimon told Rabbi Akiva that if he did not want to teach him Torah, then 'I', Rabbi Shimon, 'will speak' Torah.
Scene 3 · LM II:60 §5, on Kesubos 96a and Iyov 6:14 · paragraph §5.2
וְזֶהוּ: אֲנִי אוֹמֵר לְיוֹחַאי אַבָּא, כִּי כָל חִדּוּשֵׁי הַתּוֹרָה שֶׁמְּגַלִּין, עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה מְגַלִּין חֲסָדִים, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה: כָּל הַמּוֹנֵעַ תַּלְמִידוֹ מִלְּשַׁמְּשׁוֹ, כְּאִלּוּ מוֹנֵעַ מִמֶּנּוּ חֶסֶד, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: לַמָּס מֵרֵעֵהוּ חָסֶד.
EN (our paraphrase): This is 'I will speak to Yochai my father'. For all the new Torah insights that are revealed reveal chasadim, kindnesses, as the Sages said: whoever keeps his student from serving him is as if he withholds kindness from him, as is said, 'to one who withholds kindness from his friend'.
Scene 4 · LM II:60 §5, on Berachos 27b · paragraph §5.3
וְיֵשׁ בְּכָל אֶחָד חֲסָדִים וּגְבוּרוֹת: חֲסָדִים מִצַּד הָאָב וְכוּ'. וְרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא לֹא הָיָה לוֹ מִצַּד הָאָב חֲסָדִים, כִּי הָיָה בֶּן גֵּרִים, וְלֹא הָיָה לוֹ זְכוּת אָבוֹת, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה, שֶׁלֹּא רָצוּ לְמַנּוֹתוֹ נָשִׂיא לְרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא, מִשּׁוּם דְּלֵית לֵהּ זְכוּת אָבוֹת.
EN (our paraphrase): Every person has chasadim and gevuros, kindnesses and strengths; the kindnesses come from the father's side. Rabbi Akiva had no kindness from the father's side, for he was a son of converts and had no merit of ancestors, as the Sages said: they did not want to appoint Rabbi Akiva as Nasi, because he had no ancestral merit.
Scene 5 · LM II:60 §5 · paragraph §5.3
וְסָבַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, שֶׁרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אֵין רוֹצֶה לוֹמַר תּוֹרָה מֵחֲמַת זֶה, מֵחֲמַת שֶׁאֵין לוֹ חֲסָדִים מִצַּד הָאָב. אֲבָל רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחַאי בְּוַדַּאי הָיָה לוֹ חֲסָדִים מִצַּד אָבִיו רַבִּי יוֹחַאי, וְעַל־כֵּן אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן: וְאִם לָאו, אֲנִי אוֹמֵר לְיוֹחַאי אַבָּא, הַיְנוּ שֶׁאֲנִי אוֹמַר לְהַתּוֹרָה שֶׁהוּא בְּחִינַת יוֹחַאי אַבָּא, בְּחִינַת הַחֲסָדִים מִצַּד הָאָב, שֶׁמִּשָּׁם הִתְגַּלּוּת הַתּוֹרָה, כִּי הִתְגַּלּוּת הַתּוֹרָה הוּא הִתְגַּלּוּת הַחֲסָדִים כַּנַּ"ל.
EN (our paraphrase): Rabbi Shimon reasoned that this was why Rabbi Akiva did not want to say Torah: because he had no kindness from the father's side. But Rabbi Shimon surely had kindness from his father, Rabbi Yochai, a great man in Israel. So he said: 'if not, I will speak to Yochai my father': I will speak the Torah that is 'Yochai my father', the kindness from the father's side, the source of revealed Torah; for revealing Torah is revealing kindness.
Scene 7 · LM II:60 §5 · paragraph §5.4
וְזֶהוּ: וּמוֹסֶרְךָ לַמַּלְכוּת – כִּי רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אָמַר, שֶׁזֶּה שֶׁרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אֵינוֹ רוֹצֶה לוֹמַר תּוֹרָה וּלְגַלּוֹת הַחֲסָדִים, וְעַל־יְדֵי הִתְגַּלּוּת הַחֲסָדִים עַל־יְדֵי הַתּוֹרָה שֶׁהָיָה רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר עַתָּה, הָיָה מְתַקֵּן פְּגָם הַנַּ"ל, שֶׁלִּמֵד תּוֹרָה לְתַלְמִידִים שֶׁאֵינָם הֲגוּנִים.
EN (our paraphrase): This is 'and hand you over to the government'. Rabbi Shimon was saying: Rabbi Akiva does not want to say Torah and reveal kindness, though by revealing kindness through the Torah he would say now, he would repair that flaw of having taught Torah to unworthy students.
Scene 8 · LM II:60 §5 · paragraph §5.4
אַךְ רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אֵינוֹ רוֹצֶה לְגַלּוֹת חִדּוּשֵׁי־תוֹרָה וּלְגַלּוֹת הַחֲסָדִים, מֵחֲמַת שֶׁאֵין לוֹ חֲסָדִים מִצַּד הָאָב. וְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אָמַר, שֶׁזֶּהוּ רַק מֵחֲמַת עֲנִיווּת שֶׁל רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא, שֶׁמֵּחֲמַת עַנְוְתָנוּתוֹ שֶׁל רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא הוּא סוֹבֵר שֶׁאֵין יָכוֹל לְגַלּוֹת תּוֹרָה מֵחֲמַת שֶׁאֵין לוֹ חֲסָדִים מִצַּד הָאָב, וְאֵין יָכוֹל לְתַקֵּן פְּגָם הַנַּ"ל כִּי־אִם עַל־יְדֵי הַתְּפִיסָה, כִּי הַתְּפִיסָה הוּא תִּקּוּן וְזִכּוּךְ לְהַדִּבּוּרִים כַּנַּ"ל.
EN (our paraphrase): But Rabbi Akiva would not reveal new Torah and kindness, since he had no kindness from the father's side. And Rabbi Shimon said this was only from Rabbi Akiva's humility: in his humility he thought he could not reveal Torah without kindness from the father's side, and could repair the flaw only through prison, for prison repairs and refines the words.
Scene 9 · LM II:60 §5 · paragraph §5.5
אֲבָל בֶּאֱמֶת רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא הוּא רַבִּי גָּדוֹל כָּזֶה, שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ חֲסָדִים מִצַּד עַצְמוֹ, וְאֵין צָרִיךְ לִזְכוּת אָבוֹת כְּלָל, וְיָכוֹל רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא לְגַלּוֹת תּוֹרָה עַל־יְדֵי הַחֲסָדִים שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ מִצַּד עַצְמוֹ לְבַד, וְעַל־יְדֵי־זֶה יְתַקֵּן פְּגָם הַנַּ"ל, כַּנַּ"ל.
EN (our paraphrase): But in truth Rabbi Akiva is so great a teacher that he has kindness of his own, and needs no ancestral merit at all. He can reveal Torah through the kindness he has in himself alone, and so repair that flaw.
Scene 10 · LM II:60 §5 · paragraph §5.6
וְעַל־כֵּן אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן: אֲנִי אוֹמֵר וְכוּ', הַיְנוּ שֶׁאֲנִי אוֹמֵר תּוֹרָה, שֶׁיֵּשׁ לִי חֲסָדִים מִצַּד הָאָב, וְעַל־יְדֵי־זֶה יָבִיא אֶת רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא לְתוֹךְ בְּחִינַת גַּדְלוּת, עַד שֶׁיֻּכְרַח רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא בְּעַל־כָּרְחוֹ לוֹמַר תּוֹרָה, כִּי בֶּאֱמֶת רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא יָכוֹל בְּוַדַּאי לְגַלּוֹת תּוֹרָה, אַף־עַל־פִּי שֶׁאֵין לוֹ זְכוּת אָבוֹת, כִּי רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא גָּדוֹל כָּל־כָּךְ, שֶׁיָּכוֹל לְגַלּוֹת תּוֹרָה עַל־יְדֵי חֲסָדִים שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ מִצַּד עַצְמוֹ, רַק שֶׁהוּא עָנָו,
EN (our paraphrase): So Rabbi Shimon said 'I will speak': I will speak Torah, for I have kindness from the father's side, and by this I will bring Rabbi Akiva into gadlus, an expanded mind, until he is compelled, even against his will, to say Torah. For truly Rabbi Akiva can surely reveal Torah without ancestral merit; he is great enough to do it through his own kindness. Only, he is humble.
Scene 11 · LM II:60 §5 · paragraph §5.6
וְעַל־יְדֵי שֶׁיְּגַלֶּה רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן תַּלְמִידוֹ תּוֹרָה שֶׁהוּא יֵשׁ לוֹ חֲסָדִים מִצַּד הָאָב, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה יָבִיא אֶת רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא לִבְחִינַת גַּדְלוּת, עַד שֶׁיֻּכְרַח בְּעַל־כָּרְחוֹ לוֹמַר תּוֹרָה אַף־עַל־פִּי שֶׁאֵינוֹ רוֹצֶה.
EN (our paraphrase): And when Rabbi Shimon, his student, who has kindness from the father's side, reveals Torah, he will bring Rabbi Akiva into gadlus, until he is compelled to say Torah even though he does not want to.
Scene 12 · LM II:60 §5 · paragraph §5.7
וְזֶהוּ: וְאִם לָאו, הַיְנוּ שֶׁאָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן לְרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא: אִם אֵין אַתָּה רוֹצֶה לוֹמַר תּוֹרָה, וְזֶהוּ מֵחֲמַת עַנְוְתָנוּתְךָ, אֲזַי אֲנִי אוֹמֵר לְיוֹחַאי אַבָּא, הַיְנוּ שֶׁאֲנִי אוֹמֵר תּוֹרָה, כִּי יֵשׁ לִי חֲסָדִים מִצַּד הָאָב כַּנַּ"ל, וּמוֹסֶרְךָ לַמַּלְכוּת, שֶׁאָבִיא אוֹתְךָ וְאֶמְסָרְךָ בְּעַל־כָּרְחָךָ לַמַּלְכוּת, לִבְחִינַת גַּדְלוּת, וְתִהְיֶה מֻכְרָח בְּעַל־כָּרְחָךָ לְגַלּוֹת תּוֹרָה, שֶׁהִיא הִתְגַּלּוּת הַחֲסָדִים
EN (our paraphrase): This is 'and if not': Rabbi Shimon said to Rabbi Akiva, if you do not want to say Torah, and it is from your humility, then 'I will speak to Yochai my father': I will say Torah, for I have kindness from the father's side. 'And hand you over to malchus': I will bring you, against your will, to malchus, to gadlus, and you will be compelled to reveal Torah, which is the revealing of kindness.
Scene 13 · LM II:60 §5 · paragraph §5.7
כִּי עַל־יְדֵי שֶׁרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחַאי תַּלְמִידוֹ יֹאמַר תּוֹרָה, עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה יָבִיא אֶת רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא לִבְחִינַת גַּדְלוּת בְּעַל־כָּרְחוֹ, וְיֻכְרַח לוֹמַר תּוֹרָה, שֶׁהוּא הִתְגַּלּוּת הַחֲסָדִים, שֶׁהוּא תִּקּוּן פְּגָם הַנַּ"ל:
EN (our paraphrase): For when Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai, his student, says Torah, he will bring Rabbi Akiva into gadlus against his will, and he will be compelled to say Torah, which reveals kindness and repairs that flaw.
Scene 14 · LM II:60 §5, a note in the text · paragraph §5.8
וְלֹא בֵּאֵר אֵיךְ עַל־יְדֵי הִתְגַּלּוּת הַתּוֹרָה שֶׁמְּגַלֶּה חֲסָדִים, עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה יִתְתַּקֵּן פְּגָם הַנַּ"ל. גַּם לֹא בֵּאֵר אֵיךְ עַל־יְדֵי הַתַּלְמִיד שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ זְכוּת אָבוֹת, כְּשֶׁמְּגַלֶּה תּוֹרָה, עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה יִהְיֶה רַבּוֹ מֻכְרָח לָבוֹא בְּגַדְלוּת וְלוֹמַר תּוֹרָה.
EN (our paraphrase): He did not explain how revealing Torah, which reveals kindness, repairs that flaw. Nor did he explain how, when a student with ancestral merit reveals Torah, his teacher is compelled to come into gadlus and say Torah.
Scene 15 · LM II:60 §5, on Bamidbar 31:5 and Rashi · paragraph §5.9
וְזֶהוּ: וּמוֹסֶרְךָ לַמַּלְכוּת – מְסִירָה הוּא לְשׁוֹן בְּעַל־כָּרְחוֹ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב: וַיִּמָּסְרוּ מֵאַלְפֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל – פֵּרֵשׁ רַשִׁ"י: שֶׁנִּמְסְרוּ בְּעַל־כָּרְחָם. כִּי רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחַאי יָבִיא אֶת רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא בְּעַל־כָּרְחוֹ לִבְחִינַת גַּדְלוּת עַל־יְדֵי שֶׁהוּא יֹאמַר תּוֹרָה כַּנַּ"ל:
EN (our paraphrase): This is 'and hand you over to the government': handing over means against one's will, as is written, 'and they were handed over from the thousands of Israel', and Rashi explains: handed over against their will. For Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai would bring Rabbi Akiva into gadlus against his will, by saying Torah himself.
Hebrew phrases in the Explainer
Scene 2 · §1.1: כְּשֶׁיֵּשׁ מִלְחָמוֹת בָּעוֹלָם, הַשֵּׂכֶל מְחַיֵּב שֶׁיִּהְיֶה יַקְרוּת,
Scene 3 · §1.1: וְאֵד יַעֲלֶה מִן הָאָרֶץ וְהִשְׁקָה אֶת כָּל פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה,
Scene 4 · §1.3: בִּשְׁעַת גְּשָׁמִים אֲפִלּוּ גְּיָסוֹת פּוֹסְקוֹת בּוֹ.
Scene 5 · §2.1: רַבִּי, לַמְּדֵנִי תּוֹרָה, וְאִם לָאו, אֲנִי אוֹמֵר לְיוֹחַאי אַבָּא וּמוֹסֶרְךָ לַמַּלְכוּת.
Scene 6 · §3.2: כְּזוֹרֵק אֶבֶן לְמַרְקוּלִיס,
Scene 7 · §3.3: כַּמָּטָר בַּקָּצִיר כֵּן לֹא נָאוֶה לִכְסִיל כָּבוֹד,
Scene 8 · §4.2: מֶלֶךְ אָסוּר בָּרְהָטִים – בִּרְהִיטֵי מֹחִין.
Scene 9 · §4.3: וְאַתֶּם הֵאָסְרוּ וְיִבָּחֲנוּ דִּבְרֵיכֶם.
Scene 10 · §5.5: אֲבָל בֶּאֱמֶת רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא הוּא רַבִּי גָּדוֹל כָּזֶה, שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ חֲסָדִים מִצַּד עַצְמוֹ,
Scene 11 · §5.9: מְסִירָה הוּא לְשׁוֹן בְּעַל־כָּרְחוֹ,
Hebrew phrases in the 1-minute recap
Scene 2 · §1.3: וְעַל־כֵּן אֵין יוֹרְדִין גְּשָׁמִים,
Scene 3 · §3.1: כִּי עַל־יְדֵי כְּבוֹד הַתּוֹרָה בָּא גְּשָׁמִים,
Scene 4 · §2.1: רַבִּי, לַמְּדֵנִי תּוֹרָה, וְאִם לָאו, אֲנִי אוֹמֵר לְיוֹחַאי אַבָּא וּמוֹסֶרְךָ לַמַּלְכוּת.
Scene 5 · §5.7: אֲזַי אֲנִי אוֹמֵר לְיוֹחַאי אַבָּא,