Musar su Ecclesiaste 7:28
אֲשֶׁ֛ר עוֹד־בִּקְשָׁ֥ה נַפְשִׁ֖י וְלֹ֣א מָצָ֑אתִי אָדָ֞ם אֶחָ֤ד מֵאֶ֙לֶף֙ מָצָ֔אתִי וְאִשָּׁ֥ה בְכָל־אֵ֖לֶּה לֹ֥א מָצָֽאתִי׃
che tuttavia la mia anima cercava, ma io non trovai; ho trovato un uomo su mille; ma una donna tra tutte quelle non l'ho trovata.
Shemirat HaLashon
And now, let us reflect and take mussar from the earlier generations, that preceded us these several hundred years (as in the times of the Maharshal, the Maharsha, the Maharam Shif, the P'nei Yehoshua, and the Tzelach, who were all heads of Methivtoth), who sent their children to school, and who, if they did not have the means to hire a private teacher would send their sons to a yeshivah to learn until he became a man. Shall we say that every father thought that his son would be a Rabbi or a posek in Israel. Do we not know what Chazal (Koheleth Rabbah 7) say on the verse (Koheleth 7:28): "One man of a thousand have I found" — "A thousand embark upon Scripture, and from them emerge a hundred men of Mishnah; from them, ten men of Talmud; and from them, one who is worthy of being called "a man," and to pronounce ruling in Israel." But the clear truth is this: A father who sent his son to a school and a yeshiva reasoned thus: "If the L-rd finds me worthy of having a son who will be a man of Talmud and a teacher in Israel, how goodly is my portion! But if I do not merit this, but only that he know a little of Gemara, or, in any event, Mishnayoth, this is also good. For when the Holy One Blessed be He grants him a trade — no matter what trade it be — he certainly will set for himself a fixed study session for himself in Gemara or Mishnayoth or, in any event, in aggadoth chazal. And even if, G-d forbid, he has no time on the weekdays, on the Holy Sabbath he certainly will go into the house of study and learn some pages of Gemara or Mishnayoth. And for this, too, all my exertions for him will have been well worth it, both in my lifetime and in my death" (As we know, a son who learns Torah accords merit to his father and releases him from Gehinnom. And even if he is in Gan Eden, he merits ascending through him.)
Ask RabbiBookmarkShareCopy