Midrash su Deuteronomio 22:8

BABA KAMMA (Fol. 15) We are taught, R. Nathan says: "Whence do we learn that one must not raise a noxious dog, nor maintain a defectire ladder in his house? It is written (Deut. 22, 8) That thou shalt not bring blood upon thy house."

(Exod. 27:20:) AND YOU SHALL COMMAND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL…. This text is related (to Cant. 1:15): AH, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL, MY BELOVED…. R. Aqiva said: All of the whole world and its fullness was not as worthy as the day on which the Torah of Song of Songs was given to Israel; for while all of the writings are holy, the Song of Songs is the holiest of the holy.¹Yad. 3:5; Tanh., Exod. 8:1; Cant. R. 1:1:11. R. Eleazar ben Azariah said: To what is the matter comparable? To a king who took a se'ah of wheat and gave it to a baker. He said to him: Take from it so much fine flour, so much crushed grain, so much bran. Similarly all the Writings are holy, but the Song of Songs is the holiest of the holy. Rabbi said: See how the Holy One praises the assembly of Israel in it (i.e., in Cant. 1:15). AH, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL, MY BELOVED. AH, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL in works.²Cf. Cant. R. 1:15:1. AH, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL in the work of your ancestors. AH, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL in the house. AH, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL in the field. In the house (according to Deut. 6:9): UPON THE DOORPOSTS OF YOUR HOUSE. In the field through priestly shares, tithes, gleaning the forgotten sheaf (of Deut. 24:19), and through the pe'ah (of Lev. 19:9). (Cant. 1:15:) AH, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL on the roof (according to Deut. 22:8): YOU SHALL MAKE A PARAPET FOR YOUR ROOF. (Cant. 1:15:) AH, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL in this world. AH, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL in the world to come.

R. Isaac, the son of R. Juda, said: "A man should always pray (for mercy) that he may not become sick; for when one is taken sick he is told 'Bring evidence in your favor and then you will be acquitted [from the illness].'" Mar Ukba said: "What is the Biblical passage [to prove this]? That if the fallen fell from thence (Deu. 22, 8), i.e., from himself must come evidence [ as to his right to rise from his sickness]." In the academy of R. Ishmael it was taught: "That the fallen fell from thence i.e., This one was destined to fall off since the creation; behold, he has not yet fallen and the passage calls him [already] Nofel (one who has fallen). This teaches that good is brought about through the agency of good persons, and evil is brought about through the agency of wicked persons."