האי מאן דבעי למהוי חסידא לקיים מילי דנזיקין רבא אמר מילי דאבות ואמרי לה מילי דברכות:
One who wishes to be pious, should fulfill the words of "damages". Rava said: [This refers to] the words of Avot. And some say, The words of Berachot.
(א) משֶׁה קִבֵּל תּוֹרָה מִסִּינַי, וּמְסָרָהּ לִיהוֹשֻׁעַ, וִיהוֹשֻׁעַ לִזְקֵנִים, וּזְקֵנִים לִנְבִיאִים, וּנְבִיאִים מְסָרוּהָ לְאַנְשֵׁי כְנֶסֶת הַגְּדוֹלָה. הֵם אָמְרוּ שְׁלשָׁה דְבָרִים, הֱווּ מְתוּנִים בַּדִּין, וְהַעֲמִידוּ תַלְמִידִים הַרְבֵּה, וַעֲשׂוּ סְיָג לַתּוֹרָה:
(1) Moshe received the Torah from Sinai and transmitted it to Yehoshua, and Yehoshua to the Elders, and the Elders to the Prophets, and the Prophets transmitted it to the Men of the Great Assembly. They said three things: Be deliberate in judgment, raise up many disciples and make a fence for the Torah.
MR. FAIROUZ: You know, absolutely not. I don't have the lines in front of me, but I carry the lines everywhere I go. I think that — I carry them in my head.
MS. TIPPETT: Yeah.
MR. FAIROUZ: I have to say, I think memorizing poetry is absolutely vital. It's absolutely important. It gives the poetic tools that one needs to get through life.
- The World in Counterpoint, On Being interview with Mohammed Fairouz
תנאאותו היום סלקוהו לשומר הפתח ונתנה להם רשות לתלמידים ליכנסשהיה ר"ג מכריז ואומרכל תלמיד שאין תוכו כברו לא יכנס לבית המדרשההוא יומא אתוספו כמה ספסליא"ר יוחנןפליגי בה אבא יוסף בן דוסתאי ורבנן חד אמראתוספו ארבע מאה ספסליוחד אמר שבע מאה ספסלי
It has been taught : That same day, they removed the doorkeeper [of the College] and permission was granted to the disciples to enter ; for Rabban Gamaliel had issued a proclamation: "A disciple, who is not inwardly the same as outwardly, will not be allowed to enter the House of Study." That day many forms had to be added. R. Johanan said : Abba Jose b. Dostai and the Rabbis differ as to the number; one declaring four hundred forms were added, the other declaring it was seven hundred.