Chasidut for Sotah 93:2
אמר רבי חנינא בשביל ארבעים ושנים קרבנות שהקריב בלק מלך מואב הובקעו מישראל ארבעים ושנים ילדים איני
R. Hanina said: On account of the forty-two sacrifices which Balak, king of Moab, offered,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXIII, 1, 14, 29. ');"><sup>3</sup></span> were forty-two children cut off from Israel. But it is not so; for Rab Judah has said in the name of Rab: Always should a man occupy himself with Torah and the commandments even though it be not for their own sake,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Without the expectation of reward. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
Keter Shem Tov
From the BeSh"T. "There are three graces: the grace of a place on (in the eyes of) its inhabitants"... (Sotah 47a). This is explained in Chullin 91b, that [when Jacob slept] God "folded up all of the Land of Israel under him"; "the land which you lie upon, I will give it to you" (Genesis 28:13). Meaning, that you will not need to travel from place to place in order to clarify the land's sparks of holiness, for you will be able to clarify them in your place. "And Noah found grace..." (Genesis 6:8)
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