ציטירנדיקער פּירוש אויף קהלת 7:12

The word debt [Hebrew: masheh] has the same form as the word “staff’ [Hebrew: maṭṭeh], and in my opinion is a noun (according to many, however, it is a verb [meaning “lending” — Translator]). The word possessor is here used in the same sense as in “wisdom preserves the lives of them that have it” [Ecclesiastes 7: 12], or “takes away the life of its owners” [Proverbs 1: 19], denoting the person to whom something belongs.

THE SUPPORTERS OF TORAH STUDY ARE REWARDED WITH THE ABILITY TO COMPREHEND THE DISCUSSIONS IN THE HEAVENLY ACADEMY AND BY PROVIDING TORAH INSIGHTS IN THIS WORLD¹From Pesah Ha’amek, Part 3, os 7. I have omitted the Netziv’s introductory and concluding sentences, as they written, in part, to provide a break and conclusion to his previous discussions in this preface.
IN THE SECOND SECTION of Pesah Ha’amek,²This is the previous chapter in this translation. I gave an explanation of a mishnah in the first chapter of Tractate Makkos. I would now like to add that in addition to those who participate with others in fulfilling mitzvos, there are yet more benefits provided to those who strengthen and enhance the Torah among Israel. First I would like to cite what our sages stated in Tractate Pesahim 53b: R. Yohanan said: “Whoever puts merchandise into the purses of Torah scholars merits to sit in the heavenly academy, as it is stated: ‘For to sit in the shelter of wisdom is to sit in the shelter of money.’”³Eccl. 7:12.

Similarly, the Jerusalem Talmud, in Tractate Sotah, chapter 7⁴Halachah 4., states: R. Hana and R. Yirmiyah stated in the name of R. Hiyya, “In the future, the Holy One, blessed be He, will build shelters for the possessors of mitzvos together with the possessors of Torah. What is the reason? As it says, ‘For to sit in the shelter of wisdom is to sit in the shelter of money,’ and [Scripture also] states, ‘It is a tree of life to those who grasp it, and its supporters are praiseworthy.’”⁵Prov. 3:18. With some variation, this is also expressed in the Midrash Rabbah on the passage of Kedoshim.⁶See Vayikra Rabbah, Parasha 25, “The Holy One, blessed be He, will in the future prepare a shelter and canopies for the possessors of mitzvos [who perform charity], next to the possessors of Torah in the Garden of Eden; and he has three verses to support him: 1) ‘To sit in the shelter of wisdom is to sit in the shelter of money’ (Eccl. 7:12); 2) ‘Happy is the man who observes this [the Torah], and the son of man who strengthens her’ (Isa. 56:2); and the present one, ‘She is a tree of life to those grasp her, and her supporters are praiseworthy’ (Prov. 3:18).”