Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Musar for Bava Batra 150:15

ושמואל אמר אנא דאמרי אפילו כתנא קמא עד כאן לא קאמר תנא קמא אלא בבעלי חיים דכיון דמיעקרא יד ורגל אידך למיעקר קיימא אבל ספינה אי משיך לה כולה אין אי לא לא

— Rab can tell you: What I have said [is valid] even according to R. Aha. For his statement ['until it moved etc.'] is applicable only to an animal,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'living beings'. ');"><sup>36</sup></span> which, though it has moved a foreleg and a hind leg, remains in the same place;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The body. resting on the other legs, does not move from its position. ');"><sup>37</sup></span> but [in the case of] a ship, when a small part of it moves the whole moves. And Samuel can say: What I have said [is valid] even according to the first Tanna. For his statement ['as soon as it has moved, etc.'] is applicable only to an animal;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'living beings'. ');"><sup>36</sup></span>

Shenei Luchot HaBerit

This is what G–d meant when He said to Israel: והייתם לי סגולה מכל העמים. "You will be precious to Me more than any of the other nations" This meant that any favours that the nations would experience, Israel would also experience. When G–d continued: ואתם תהיו לי ממלכת כהנים וגוי קדוש, He announced that what Israel would receive as a part of the bounty G–d shares out to the Gentiles would not be considered as of value since Israel are a kingdom of priests. All Israelites are considered as princes, sons of kings. The word "kings" refers to the kingdom of Heaven. When the Torah says of Israel "you are a holy nation," the word "holy" is to be understood as similar to what the sages say about the angels paying their respects to the righteous in the world of the future by addressing them as קדוש, "holy."
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