잠언 20:5의 미드라쉬

[Another interpretation (of Gen. 44:18): THEN JUDAH DREW NEAR UNTO HIM.] This text is related (to Prov. 20:5): THE COUNSEL IN ONE'S HEART IS DEEP WATER, BUT ONE WITH UNDERSTANDING SHALL DRAW IT OUT. THE COUNSEL IN ONE'S HEART IS DEEP WATER: This refers to Joseph.⁷Gen. R. 93:4. However wise Joseph was, Judah came and vanquished him, as stated (in Gen. 44:18): THEN JUDAH PRESSED AGAINST HIM.⁸This translation is possible in an unpointed text and fits the sense of the midrash. The traditional pointing has the meaning, DREW NEAR UNTO HIM. For another possibility, see below, 11:8. To what is the matter comparable? To a cistern which was so deep that no one was able to go down in it. There came one who was astute < enough > to bring a long rope. So he reached his water and drew < some > out of it. Thus Joseph was deep, but Judah came and drew out of him.

Ulla was riding on a donkey and was accompanied by R. Abba walking on his right and Rabba b. b. Chana on his left. Said R. Abba to Ulla: "Is it verily true that you said in the name of R. Jochanan, that 'No benediction shall be pronounced on fire at any time save only on the evening following the Sabbath, for the reason that fire was then first created?' " Ulla turned around and looked at Rabba b. b. Chana with displeasure. The latter said to R. Abba: "I did not tell it in connection with the above, but in connection with the following: A disciple taught in the presence of R. Jochanan that R. Simon b. Elazar says: 'When the Day of Atonement falls on the Sabbath [they say the benediction] even in those places where they do not, as a rule, light any candles on Yom Kippur; but when this festival falls on the Sabbath they admit that the candles should be lit, for the sake of the honor of the Sabbath,' and R. Jochanan responded to this, 'And the Rabbis prohibit it (the benediction).'" "I admit that this is the interpretation," said Ulla. Thereupon R Joseph applied the following passage (Pr. 20, 5) (Fol. 54) Like deep water is counsel in the heart of a man; but the man of understanding will draw it out: i.e., "like deep water is counsel in the heart of man, refers to Ulla [who although knowing that it was wrong yet said nothing, but merely glared at Rabba b. b. Chana]; but the man of understanding will draw it out, refers to Rabba b. b. Chana [who immediately understood the glare of Ulla and corrected the tradition]. But Ulla and Rabba, who seem to disagree with R. Abahu [concerning the benediction pronounced on fire], agree with R. Benjamin, who stated in the name of R. Jochanan, that the benediction over the fire should be recited at the close of both the Sabbath and of the Day of Atonement; and this is the prevailing custom.