Musar for Sotah 27:12
מתני׳ <big><strong>היה</strong></big> מביא את מנחתה בתוך כפיפה מצרית ונותנה על ידיה כדי ליגעה
R. Simlai expounded: Torah begins with an act of benevolence<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Gemiluth hasadim, lit., 'doing deeds of loving kindness'. The inner meaning of the phrase is 'making good', 'requiting' — a making good to man for the goodness of God and it is connected with tenderness and mercy to all men and all classes. V. J. Pe'ah. IV.] ');"><sup>11</sup></span>
Mesilat Yesharim
Our sages further taught: "Rabbi Simlai expounded: 'the Torah begins and ends with acts of kindnesses'" (Sotah 14a).
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