시편 119:21의 인용 해설

And when Samael saw that he could not completely blind his intellectual eye, he then attempted another strategy to at least partially blind his intellectual eye so that he would not be able to see into the secrets of the Torah and the hidden matters which are symbolized by the thigh, as it is written the curves of your thighs (Song of Songs 7:2). Just as the thigh is hidden, so too are the words of Torah hidden (Sukkah 49b). This is what is meant by and he touched the socket of his hip. I do not wish to remove this verse from its literal meaning, for certainly he actually touched his hip, but I am providing a reason for why he specifically touched the socket of his hip — it was to hint that through becoming a lover of money, one will undoubtedly become blind in the eyes of his intellect. And even though Jacob’s strength was such that he did not come to complete heresy, nevertheless the matter affected his hip socket, because through this he would not be able to see into the secrets of the Torah and wisdom. And Jacob’s hip socket was dislocated — to teach that these two possessions, Torah and money, are in conflict with each other, and dislocated means that one is pushed aside for the other, as it is written It is good for me that I was afflicted, so that I might learn Your statutes (Psalms 119:71).