Midrash for Sotah 81:23
ואי כתב רחמנא שמיטה ה"א בסוף שמיטה כתב רחמנא במועד
each individual brings a Torah-scroll from his house and reads therein. For what purpose is this done? To display its beauty in public.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It was considered praiseworthy to possess a beautiful copy of the Torah-scroll. ');"><sup>20</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
"who is not your brother": This is a slave. When (King) Agrippas came to this verse, he would burst into tears, (his father being a non-Jew), whereupon all of Israel said to him: "Fear not, Agrippas; you are our brother, you are our brother," (his mother being Jewish).
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