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Kohelet Rabbah
“Do not be hasty to leave his presence; do not stand before him in an evil matter, as he does whatever pleases him” (Ecclesiastes 8:3).
“Do not be hasty to leave his presence.” Rabbi Ḥiyya bar Gamda began: “My son, do not despise the admonition of the Lord” (Proverbs 3:11). It is taught: The one who begins, begins with a positive matter, and the one who concludes, concludes with a positive matter.18The reference is to the beginning and end of each of the aliyot in the Torah reading. It is taught: In the blessings, one reads and stops, in the curses, one does not stop; rather one person reads them all.19The reference is to the blessings and curses in Leviticus chap. 26 and in Deuteronomy chap. 28. “Do not despise the admonition of the Lord…”20Rather than interrupting the portions of curses, as though one despises them, one person should read the entire portion. Due to: “I am with him in times of trouble” (Psalms 91:15), the Holy One blessed be He said: ‘My children are cursed; am I to be blessed?’21Consequently, the blessings for the end of one aliya and the beginning of the next are not to be recited in the middle of the reading of the curses. “And do not loathe His rebuke” (Proverbs 3:11) – do not turn the rebuke of the Holy One blessed be He into multiple fragments. Rabbi Levi ben Panti read the curses before Rabbi Huna and he stammered in [reading] them. [Rabbi Huna] said to him: ‘Sound your voice, as these are not curses, these are rebukes; “do not despise the admonition of the Lord and do not loathe His rebuke.”’
“Do not be hasty to leave his presence.” Rabbi Ḥiyya bar Gamda began: “My son, do not despise the admonition of the Lord” (Proverbs 3:11). It is taught: The one who begins, begins with a positive matter, and the one who concludes, concludes with a positive matter.18The reference is to the beginning and end of each of the aliyot in the Torah reading. It is taught: In the blessings, one reads and stops, in the curses, one does not stop; rather one person reads them all.19The reference is to the blessings and curses in Leviticus chap. 26 and in Deuteronomy chap. 28. “Do not despise the admonition of the Lord…”20Rather than interrupting the portions of curses, as though one despises them, one person should read the entire portion. Due to: “I am with him in times of trouble” (Psalms 91:15), the Holy One blessed be He said: ‘My children are cursed; am I to be blessed?’21Consequently, the blessings for the end of one aliya and the beginning of the next are not to be recited in the middle of the reading of the curses. “And do not loathe His rebuke” (Proverbs 3:11) – do not turn the rebuke of the Holy One blessed be He into multiple fragments. Rabbi Levi ben Panti read the curses before Rabbi Huna and he stammered in [reading] them. [Rabbi Huna] said to him: ‘Sound your voice, as these are not curses, these are rebukes; “do not despise the admonition of the Lord and do not loathe His rebuke.”’
Devarim Rabbah
Halakha: Is it permitted for a person of Israel to read the rebukes in several readings?1Is it permitted to divide the verses of rebuke in Leviticus chapter 26 and Deuteronomy chapter 28 between different individuals who are called to the Torah on Shabbat? This is what the Sages taught: One may not interrupt the curses; rather, one individual reads all of them. Our Rabbis taught us: Why may one not interrupt the curses? Rabbi Ḥiyya bar Gamda said: Because it is written: “The admonition of the Lord do not despise, my son, and do not loathe [takotz] His rebuke” (Proverbs 3:11) – do not cause the rebukes to be cut into pieces [kotzin kotzin]. Instead, one individual should read them all.
“See, I place before you today a blessing and a curse” (Deuteronomy 11:26).
Another matter, why may one not interrupt the curses? Rabbi Yehoshua of Sikhnin said in the name of Rabbi Levi: The Holy One blessed be He said: ‘I wrote regarding My glory: “I am with him in distress” (Psalms 91:15); it is inappropriate for My children to be cursed while I am blessed.’ How so? If they read the rebukes in several readings, there is not one of those called [to the Torah] who will not recite two blessings, [one] before [his reading] and [one] after. Instead, one individual should read all of them. The Rabbis say: The Holy One blessed be He said: ‘It is not to their detriment that I gave them blessings and curses, but rather, to inform them which is the proper path that they should choose, so they will receive reward.’ From where is this derived? From what we read in this matter: “See, I place before you…”
“See, I place before you today a blessing and a curse” (Deuteronomy 11:26).
Another matter, why may one not interrupt the curses? Rabbi Yehoshua of Sikhnin said in the name of Rabbi Levi: The Holy One blessed be He said: ‘I wrote regarding My glory: “I am with him in distress” (Psalms 91:15); it is inappropriate for My children to be cursed while I am blessed.’ How so? If they read the rebukes in several readings, there is not one of those called [to the Torah] who will not recite two blessings, [one] before [his reading] and [one] after. Instead, one individual should read all of them. The Rabbis say: The Holy One blessed be He said: ‘It is not to their detriment that I gave them blessings and curses, but rather, to inform them which is the proper path that they should choose, so they will receive reward.’ From where is this derived? From what we read in this matter: “See, I place before you…”
Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael
R. Eliezer says: It is written (Mishlei 3:11) "The chastisement of the L–rd, my son, do not despise … (12) "For whom the L-=rd loves He chastises, as a father, the son whom he favors. What caused this son to conciliate his father? Afflictions.