Komentaryong Sumisipi para sa Mga Kawikaan 3:26

“… That they may go and stumble backward, and be broken, snared, and captured!”⁴⁸Ibid. (One who wishes to produce rules of thumb and to understand legal discussions must recall what he has already learned and use the knowledge and memories contained at the back of his head and brain, as stated by R. Avraham Ibn Ezra⁴⁹He was born 1089 C.E. in Tudela, Spain and died 1164 C.E. He is the author of the classic commentary which interprets Scripture according to the plain meaning, and not according to aggadic homily. He also wrote many grammatical works, as well as books on mathematics, astronomy and astrology. in the Torah portion of Yisro, in his Introduction to the Ten Commandments.⁵⁰Ex. 20:1. After [the scholar has them well organized in his mind], he must apply pilpul to what he has grasped by working out, in an intelligent and straightforward manner, what the various concepts may have in common. However, if his knowledge is not well organized [in his mind], he will have to retract, [i.e., “go backward” into the deep recesses of his brain], so as to recall what he has learned. As a result he will “be broken,” [his knowledge will be fractured and he will be unable] to reach the true solution. The consequence is that, Heaven forbid, he will become “ensnared” in incorrect decisions. This is the meaning of the words “snared and captured,” as it is stated in the Jerusalem Talmud in the first chapter⁵¹Page 4a in the pagination of the Jerusalem Talmud. of Tractate Peah, pertaining to the verse, “[For God]… will keep your foot from becoming ensnared.”⁵²Prov. 3:26. R. Dosa stated that this refers to [how God protects a person] from [erroneous] halachic decisions.