Proverbs 1:8 Commentary: Rashi

שְׁמַ֣ע בְּ֭נִי מוּסַ֣ר אָבִ֑יךָ וְאַל־תִּ֝טֹּ֗שׁ תּוֹרַ֥ת אִמֶּֽךָ׃

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

Rashi on Proverbs

Hearken, my son, to the discipline of your father What the Holy One, blessed be He, gave Moses in writing and orally.
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Rashi on Proverbs

your mother Heb. אמך [like אמתך], your nation, the nation of Israel, as in (Ezek. 19:2): “What a lioness was your mother [meaning your nation]!” These are the words of the Scribes, which they innovated and added and made safeguards for the Torah.
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