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Development of Oral Torah- Mishnah part 1
d"a
Source Text A:
FC« b¤
§ pM§ x¤f†¥r F¬NÎdU¡
¤ r «¤̀ FC®a© l§ m†¨
c`«
¨ d̈ zF¬id
¡ aFhÎ`
² Ÿl miw¦ Ÿl`
¡ 'd Æxn`
¤ ŸI̧©e
And Hashem Elokim said: “It is not good for man to be alone, I will make him a
helpmate opposite him”
Bereishis 2:18
Source text B:
lFcb̈ Edi`¦ e`l© e§ Kl¤ n¤ Edi`¦ e`l© `z̈ipEx
¦ h§ n© `ŸlA§ `M̈l§ n©
A king without a queen is neither a king nor great.
Zohar III 5a
Source text C:
`Edd© c§ `z̈Yi
§ `¦ dp̈W
§ n¦ `c¨ Fcb¤
§ pM§ x¤fr¥ Fl dU¡
¤ r ¤̀ Fca© l§ mc¨`¨ d̈ zFid¤ aFh `Ÿl d"aw xn© `¨
xYi
¤ d¥ c§ `x¨h§ q¦ n¦ `z̈Elb̈A§ oFl x¤fr¥ idi
¦ `¦ l ¥̀ x¨U
§ i¦ Ekf̈ i`¦ e§ `Ÿpi
§ k¦ W
§ c§ dg̈t§ W
¦ idi
¦ `¦ e§ x©rp©
'eke xEq`¨ lEqR̈ `n¥ ḧc§ `x¨h§ q¦ n¦ Fcb¤
§ pM§ idi
¦ `¦ `Ÿl i`¦ e§ xW
¥ M̈ xFdḧ
Said the Holy One: “It is not good for man to be alone, I will make him a helpmate
opposite him”- this is the Mishnah, the wife of that youth.
She is the maidservant of the Shechinah. If Israel merits, she will be a helpmate in
the Exile, from the side of permissible, pure and kosher.
If not, she will be opposite them, from the side of impure, unfit and forbidden.
Zohar Bereishis 27b
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Source text D:
D®l̈r§ A© zx´¤
¤ h£r li¦ gÎz
© † W«
¤ ¥̀
A woman of valour is the crown of her husband.
Mishlei 12:4
Source text E:
:x«R̈q§ n¦ oi¬¥̀ zFn† l̈£re«© mi®¦Wb§ li
© R«¦ mi†¦pŸnWE
§ zFk½ l̈O§ ÆdÖd¥̧ mi¬¦XW
¦
There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and innumerable maidens.
Shir Hashirim 6:8
Source Text F:
FY® W
§ `¦ d´ËgÎz
© ¤̀ r†©
cï mc½¨`´d̈
¨ §
And Adam knew Chava, his wife.
Bereishis 4:1
Source Text G:
z©rC̈« Î d¤Eg© i§ dl̈i§ l©À N§ Œ dl̈§i¬©le§ xn¤ Ÿ`® r© i´¦A©i mFil§ † mF´
Day to day utters speech, and night to night tells knowledge
Tehillim 19:3
Source Text H:
d½ë`p̈«e§ Æip¦ £̀ dxFg
³¨ W
§
I am black, yet beautiful.
Shir Hashirim 1:5
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Source Text H:
mq© Fl ziU£
¦ rp© dk̈f̈ "dW
¤ Ÿn mÜ xW
¤ `© dxFY
¨ d© z`Ÿfe"
§ aiz¦ k§ c¦ i`n© ie¦ l¥ oA¤ r© WFd
ª i§ 'x xn© `¨
z¤en̈ mq© Fl ziU£
¦ rp© dk̈f̈ `Ÿl ,mii¦ g©
Said Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi: “What does the verse mean [when it says] ‘This is the
Torah that Moshe placed...’?
If one merits, it becomes an elixir of life for him; if he does not merit, it becomes
poison.”
Talmud, Yoma 72b
Source Text I:
ux®¨
¤ ` ic¥q§ Ÿń mi†¦pz̈«¥̀ d̈ e§
And the mighty ones, [are] the foundations of the earth
Micha 6:2
Reference I:
mi`pz
mipzi`
Source Text C1:
mi`i
¦ a¦ pE
§ ,mi`i
¦ a¦ p§ l¦ mip¦ w§
¥ fE ,mip¦ w§
¥ fl¦ r© WFdi
ª e¦ ,©rWFdi
ª l¦ Dx¨q̈nE
§ ,i©piQ¦ n¦ dxFY
¨ lA¥ w¦ dWn
¤
.dl̈FcB§ d© zq¤
¤ pk§ iW
¥ p§ `© l§ d̈Exq̈n§
Moshe received the Torah from Sinai and transmitted it to Yehoshua, from
Yehoshua [it was transmitted] to the Elders, from the Elders to the prophets and the
prophets transmitted it to the Men of the Great Assembly.
Mishnah Avos 1:1
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