Comentários de Citação sobre Isaías 33:6

And there is still another explanation for “one who sheds tears over a worthy person, etc.” Presumably, one who grieves over the absence of proper conduct is God-fearing, and it is written The fear of the Lord is His treasure (Isaiah 33:6). That is, it is the treasure of the Holy One, blessed be He, for one only makes a treasury for something that is not readily found, because everything is in the hands of Heaven except for the fear of Heaven (Berachot 33b). Therefore, the Holy One, blessed be He, also places these tears in His treasuries. And the phrase as a treasured people also refers to between your eyes, which indicates the place of tears.

Bereishit also hints, by way of [the Bible's] stating (Isaiah 33:6), "the awe of the Lord is His treasure;" the intention [of which] is that one who has the awe of God, [for him] it is a treasure for the hope of hearts, which is the clinging of His light, may He be blessed, to the soul of man, by way of its stating (Deuteronomy 4:4), "And you who cling, etc." And anyone who has the fear of Heaven is an abode for [His] Presence, as it states it (Psalms 78:60), "a tent which dwelt with Man." And it is hinted by the word, Bereishit, in the following way: the explanation of bet [which can also be read as bayit (house)] is that a house of repose for God is awe - which is hinted to by the word reishit - "God created" and set up His work.

At first glance this statement is difficult to understand, since “each and every righteous person” includes even one who serves God out of fear. [We know that] one [who serves God out of fear] is also referred to as “a righteous person” from what is stated at the end of the fifth chapter of Tractate Sotah,³31a. when [Rava told two of his students], “Both of you are completely righteous rabbis, but one is motivated by love and the other by fear.” However, [this verse cannot possibly include those who fear Him], for the verse specifies “those who love Me,” meaning only those who serve God out of love. However, [on the other hand the words] “those who love Me” surely cannot be specific to those who serve God with love. Otherwise, the wording at the end of the verse, “That I may fill their storehouses” would not fit well [“storehouse” describes elsewhere those who serve God out of fear], as used in the verse, “The fear of God is His storehouse.”⁴Isa. 33:6.