Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Musar for Shabbat 266:12

מתקיף לה רב פפא אומן לימא להו אנא עבדי פלגא דמצוה אתון עבדיתו פלגא דמצוה אלא אמר רב פפא גדול

because it is said, [And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread] before me alway.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXV, 30. ');"><sup>22</sup></span> R. Jose said: Even if these remove and the other replace [it later], that too constitutes 'alway'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., 'alway' merely indicates that a night must not pass without shewbread lying upon the table. But the Rabbis hold that an interval would mark a new placing, not a continuation of the old, and so 'alway' would be unfulfilled. Similarly, when one withdraws from circumcision, to return for the shreds is a new act, hence not permitted unless these invalidate circumcision. ');"><sup>23</sup></span>

Mesilat Yesharim

Walking in His ways - this includes all matters of uprightness and correction of character traits. This is what our sages of blessed memory explained (Shab.133b) "just as He is merciful, be also merciful..." The general principle of all this is for one to conduct all of his traits in all the variety of his deeds according to what is just and ethical.
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