Commento su Ecclesiaste 12:13

In conclusion after all has been heard, fear God. Do what you can, and let your heart be [directed] toward Heaven.⁵⁷Alternatively, the Gemara in Maseches Berachos 6b expounds this verse, that if one is filled with fear of God [=את האלקים ירא], his words are listened to [הכל נשמע]. Or, everything a person does is heard before God [הכל נשמע] and nothing is concealed from Him, therefore fear God [=את האלקים ירא], and observe His commandments [ואת מצותיו שמור]. (Metsudas Dovid)

“The end of the matter, everything having been heard: Fear God and observe His commandments, for that is all of man” (Ecclesiastes 12:13).
“The end of the matter [davar], everything having been heard” – at the end of a person’s speech, everyone proclaims his matters: This so-and-so was upright, this so-and-so was God-fearing. They came and asked Solomon: What is the end of everything? He said to them: The end is a word [davar].⁵⁸A person’s ultimate destiny is determined by what people say about him after his death. Rabbi Levi said: Why is it called dever?⁵⁹Dever means plague, which is often a cause of death. Because it takes [daveir] the good with the wicked. Why are [locusts] called govai? Because they administer the punishment of people and creatures, as when a person departs from the world, the Holy One blessed be He says to the ministering angels: See what the creatures are saying about him: This so-and-so was upright and was God-fearing; immediately, his bier flies in the air.⁶⁰The individual’s soul is lifted to the heaven by the angels.
When Rabbi Levi bar Sisi died, Shmuel’s father ascended and pronounced after him this verse: “The end of the matter, everything having been heard.” To what is Rabbi Levi analogous? To a king who had an orchard and in it there were one hundred vines, and he would produce from it one hundred barrels of wine. That orchard was the most beloved for him of all the orchards that he had. [After some time,] ninety [vines] remained, and he would produce one hundred barrels. Eighty remained, seventy remained, sixty remained, fifty remained, forty remained, thirty remained, twenty remained, ten remained, and he would produce one hundred barrels of wine. One remained, and he would produce one hundred barrels of wine. The king said: This vine is more beloved to me than all the orchards that I have. So too, the Holy One blessed be He said: He is as beloved to me as the entire world. Once he died, they said: “For that is all of man.”⁶¹He was as beloved to God as the totality of humankind.

And preserve His commandments, for this is the whole [duty] of man. Because, for this purpose [only], the entire man was created.