Commentaire de citation sur Les Psaumes 73:21

And what seems closest to me to say about this is as follows, for any judge who does not judge with deliberation, it is due to his arrogance, as he wants to show everyone that he is knowledgeable in laws and knows how to compare one matter to another. And in his haughtiness, he will not seek out the content of the law from a book, and thus one who does not judge with deliberation is one who ascends the steps through pride and arrogance. This is what Rashi explained as “in haste,” for he quickly rushes his words to decide the law, and his heart is arrogant in instruction. But the verse says When I take the appointed time, I will judge fairly (Psalms 75:3). Specifically, when I take time and an appointed moment, and as it is said When my heart was fermented (Psalms 73:21) — meaning to let the judgment ferment — then my mind was sharpened. In any case, I find it difficult regarding Rashi’s explanation that the juxtaposition of these sections comes to teach that the Sanhedrin should be placed near the altar — from where did Rashi derive this? Perhaps the juxtaposition comes according to what Bar Kappara taught, or according to the words of Rabbi Elazar. Why did Rashi see fit to make a third interpretation and omit those two interpretations mentioned in the Gemara?

They said three things: Be deliberate in judgment: They said [this] to teachers of legal decisions and decisors of legal decisions and decisors of litigation; that they should not rely on the first thought, but rather upon great deliberation and incisive investigation, so that they not err in their evaluation. As a man who is quick to make a decision is called a sinner - and even though he thought he was saying the truth, it is not [considered] accidental but rather is [considered] to be close to volitional, since he did not put it into his heart to say, the quick hearts do not understand to know. As error is found in all men, as the rabbis say (Avot 4:13), " Be careful in study, for an error in study is considered an intentional transgression." And about this matter, Shlomo, peace be upon him, stated (Proverbs 26:12), "If you see a man who thinks himself wise, there is more hope for a dullard than for him." And it is as the sages, may their memory be blessed, said (Avot 4:7), "One who is nonchalant about giving legal decisions is an imbecile, wicked, and arrogant in spirit." Therefore, it is incumbent upon a man who makes legal decisions to go back and forth on the matter and let his thought ripen and to hold on to it; as the matter that they said (Sanhedrin 35a) [that] we should ripen a judgement, as through ripening and deliberation, he adds reasoning to his reasoning and sharpness to his sharpness, until he judges a completely true judgement. As he will see to say with the second thought that which he did not see with the first. And about this matter, Asaf stated (Psalms 73:21), "As my heart ripened and my kidneys were silent," which is to say [that] after my heart has ripened and been sharp with wisdom and with my kidneys, I have been silent and have refined my understanding to know. As without this, I have not known, and this is my portion. (And as) it is after it, "I was a dolt, without knowledge; I was brutish toward You." And the reason [they] said, "Be deliberate in judgment," is in order to warn about litigation more than other legal decisions, as they are fundamental in the knowledge of Him, may He be blessed and elevated; and as Yirmiyahu the prophet stated (Jeremiah 9:23), "ponder and know Me, for I am the Lord who makes kindness, justice, and equity in the world; for in these I delight, declares the Lord." And how can a man a ponder and know God, as it is not possible? However with this have we known Him, by dong judgment and justice, since God does these. And that is what is stated (Jeremiah 22:16), "He judged for the poor and needy— then all was well. That is truly knowing Me, declares the Lord." And it is written in another place (Micah 6:8), "And what does the Lord require of you? Only to do justice and to love kindness," since judgments are a pillar of the Torah. And from them the world is made firm, as is said in the Midrash (Shemot Rabbah 30 3), "It is written in front of The Ten Commandments, 'and they will judge the people at all times' (Exodus 18:22). And after the Ten Commandment, it is written, 'And these are the laws' (Exodus 21 1). There is a parable [about this] concerning a matron that was walking along the way and her armed guards were walking in front of her and behind her."

V. 7. שנן .ושננתם לבניך kommt sonst nicht als: lehren vor. Wir glauben jedoch, daß וכליותי אשתונן (Ps. 73, 21) auch heißen dürfte: wenn mein Herz in Gärung gerät und ich mich dann durch meine Nieren belehren lasse. Sonst heißt שנן: schärfen. אם שנתי ברק חרבי (Dewarim 32, 41), חציו שנונים (Jes. 5, 28). Daher שן: Zahn. Es kommt aber schon als Charakteristik der Schärfe eines Wortes oder einer Rede vor. שננו כחרב לשונם (Ps.64, 4; ebenso 140, 4) und ein eindringliches Beispiel heißt: למשל לשנינה שנינה (Dewarim 28, 37 u. s) שנן ל־ heißt daher: etwas in kurzen, eindringlichen und sich leicht einprägenden Sätzen lehren. – דבר ב־ ,ודברת בם heißt nicht: etwas aussprechen, vielmehr bezeichnet ב־ bei דבר entweder die Person, an welche oder durch welche ein Wort gesprochen wird: אך במשה דבר ה׳ הלא גם בנו דבר (Bamidbar 12, 2) und sonst bei Propheten sehr häufig, oder den Gegenstand, auf welchen sich die Rede bezieht, von dem gesprochen wird: תשב באחיך תדבר (Ps. 50, 20) וידות יהונתן בדוד טוב (Sam. I. 19, 4), וישלח דוד וידבר באביגיל (daselbst 25, 39), נכבדות מדובר בך (Ps. 87, 3), ביום שידבר בה (Hohel. 8, 8), ואדברה בעדתיך (Ps. 119, 46). ודברת בם heißt daher nicht: und sprich sie aus, sondern: sprich über sie, erkläre sie, erläutere sie, und fassen wir beide Aufgaben zusammen: ושננתם ודברת בם, so ist für den Unterricht im Gesetze die Vorschrift gegeben: das Gesetz zuerst in kurzen, konzis gefassten Sätzen einzuprägen, und sie dann besprechend einzuprägen: תשב׳׳כ und תשב׳׳פ, und ebenso משנה und גמרא.