Kommentar zu Mischlej 16:22
מְק֣וֹר חַ֭יִּים שֵׂ֣כֶל בְּעָלָ֑יו וּמוּסַ֖ר אֱוִלִ֣ים אִוֶּֽלֶת׃
Verständnis ist für den, der es hat, eine Quelle des Lebens; Aber Torheit ist die Strafe von Dummköpfen.
Rashi on Proverbs
Intelligence is a fountain of life to one who has it lit. a fountain of life is the intelligence of its possessor. And this is the interpretation of the verse: The intelligence of the one who has it is a fountain of life to him.
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Rashi on Proverbs
but the chastisement of the fools is folly But the chastisement of the fools comes to them because of folly. And this is the apparent meaning: Folly is chastisement to the fools.
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