Komentaryong Sumisipi para sa Eclesiastes 10:17

von Frauen und noch nicht freigelassenen Sklaven. Der scheinbar überflüssige Zusatz שאינם משוחררים will Halbfreie ausschliessen. Wenn ein Sklave, der mehreren Eigentümern gehört, von allen bis auf einen Teilhaber freigelassen wurde, ist er bis zur Erlangung der vollen Freiheit nicht verpflichtet, im Heiligtume zu erscheinen. — שחרר ist Schaf‘el von חרר = frei sein; vgl. בן חורים (Kohelet 10, 17 = ein Freigeborener.

Second, since the Divine Spirit had shone upon the writing of [Koheles], we can derive from it matters unrelated to its context. As we explained in Part 2, chapter 3, this is one of the virtues of what is written with the Divine Spirit. We used this concept there to explain the disagreement [in Megillah 7a–b] as to whether the Book of Esther was written with Divine inspiration, [which in turn would determine what laws could be derived from the Book of Esther].⁴The Netziv explained one sage to be interpreting the verse in relation to the context, since he believed that the Book of Esther was not written with Divine inspiration, whereas the other interprets the verse in a manner inconsistent with the context, since he believed it was written with the Divine Spirit. We hold that Koheles was written with the Divine inspiration, and thus we can derive from it matters unrelated to its context. [An example may be found] in Tractate Shabbos 10a: Until when do [judges] sit in judgment? Rav Sheshes says: Until the time for the main meal of the day.⁵The main meal is eaten at around noon. Rav Hama says [that this may be inferred] from the verse [in Koheles], “Woe to you, O land, whose king acts like an adolescent, and whose ministers dine in the morning. Happy are you, O land, whose king is a man of dignity, and whose ministers dine at the proper time – in strength and not in drunkenness.”⁶Eccl. 10:16. [We infer from the words, “in strength and not in drunkenness”], that the judges should fortify themselves with the strength of Torah rather than by drinking wine.

I am a son of wise men. Comp. A son of free men (Koh. 10:17). Each of them will praise himself: my father was wise, my forefathers in days of old were also kings.