Musar for Sanhedrin 204:1
דאיתפח הדר קא דריש אמרי לא קבילת עלך דלא דרשת בהו אמר אינהו מי הדרו בהו דאנא אהדר בי
had he recovered, than he lectured [upon this] again. They [his disciples] remonstrated with him, 'Did you not undertake not to lecture on them?' — He replied, 'Did they abandon [their evil course], that I should abandon [my habit of lecturing upon them]?' In the college of R. Ashi the lecture [one day] terminated at 'Three Kings.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the lecture on a particular day ended when 'Three Kings' of supra XI, 1, was reached. ');"><sup>1</sup></span>
Mesilat Yesharim
Rabbi Yochanan said: Why did Achav merit royalty for twenty-two years? - Because he honored the Torah, which was given in twenty-two letters, as it is written (I Kings 20:9), "And he sent messengers to Achav... it shall be, that whatever is the desire of your eyes, they shall put in their hand, and take it away... And he said to the messengers of Ben-Hadad, Tell my lord the king, all that you did send for to your servant at the first I will do; but this thing I may not do." Now what is meant by 'whatever is the desire of your eyes'? Surely the Scroll of the Torah!" (Sanhedrin 102b).
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