Commentaire sur L’Ecclésiaste 7:12
כִּ֛י בְּצֵ֥ל הַֽחָכְמָ֖ה בְּצֵ֣ל הַכָּ֑סֶף וְיִתְר֣וֹן דַּ֔עַת הַֽחָכְמָ֖ה תְּחַיֶּ֥ה בְעָלֶֽיהָ׃
Car ainsi on est sous la protection de la sagesse et sous la protection de l’argent; toutefois la sagesse l’emporte, car elle prolonge la vie de ceux qui la possèdent.
Rashi on Ecclesiastes
For wisdom shelters [as well] as money shelters. Whoever is in the shade of wisdom is in the shade of money, for wisdom causes eventual wealth.32Alternatively, just as wisdom of the Torah gives life [i.e., shelters] in the World of Come, so does money that is given to charity provide life [i.e., shelters] in the World to Come. (Targum)
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Rashi on Ecclesiastes
But the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who possesses it. And moreover, wisdom has an advantage over money, because wisdom preserves the life of its possessors.33Wisdom is not subject to death or consumption. The idea that “wisdom preserves the life of him who possesses it,” may be in reference to the Gemara in Maseches Yevamos 97a, which states that the lips of a deceased scholar in whose name a traditional statement is reported in this world, move gently in the grave. (Reb Tzvi Charif)
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