Commentary for Avodah Zarah 9:21
תנו רבנן (דברים ה, כז) מי יתן והיה לבבם זה להם אמר להן משה לישראל כפויי טובה בני כפויי טובה בשעה שאמר הקדוש ברוך הוא לישראל מי יתן והיה לבבם זה להם היה להם לומר תן אתה
Our Rabbis taught: “May they always be of such a mind” (Deuteronomy 5:26). Moses said to Israel: You are an ungrateful people, the descendants of ungrateful people. When the Holy Blessed One said to you: “May they always be of such a mind,” you should have said: “You give.”
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
The Israelites in the desert were ungrateful, refusing to recognize the good that God had done for them. They were the descendants of Adam who was ungrateful to God for the woman whom he had been given.
Only at the end of their time in the desert did Moses tell the Israelites that they were ungrateful.
Rabbah learns from the experience of the Israelites that it takes forty years to learn the mind of one’s teacher. So students and teachers, give it some time!
Only at the end of their time in the desert did Moses tell the Israelites that they were ungrateful.
Rabbah learns from the experience of the Israelites that it takes forty years to learn the mind of one’s teacher. So students and teachers, give it some time!
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